Transcript More and more Clauses

Clauses
A grammar lesson starring
Bruce Lee and Chuck Norris
See the claw marks on
my six-pack? You’d
think a bear did it. Nope.
It was Chuck Norris.
What is a clause?!
A clause is a phrase with a subject (noun)
and a main verb (linking or action)
There are 2 types of clauses:
1.Independent
2.Dependent
The only thing Santa
Clause and I have in
common is a thick beard.
And… uh… this hat.
The Independent Clause (IC)
An independent clause is clause that
can stand alone as its own sentence.
EXAMPLE:
Bruce Lee could eat Chuck Norris for
breakfast.
The Dependent Clause (DC)
Like ICs, Dependent Clauses also have a subject and
main verb.
However, Dependent Clauses also has one additional
element: subordinating conjunctions.
Subordinating conjunctions, which always appear at the
beginning of the clause, cause a Dependent Clause to
sound “incomplete.”
Subordinating
Conjunction
EXAMPLE:
Unless Bruce had already eaten breakfast for the
day.
Independent
Clauses
Similarities
Dependent
Clauses
• Can stand alone
as complete
sentences
• Both have a
subject (noun)
and a main
verb (either
action or linking)
• Can NOT stand
alone as complete
sentences
• The first word of
the clause is a
subordinating
conjunction
Other subordinating conjunctions
Other subordinating conjunctions:
after although as as if
because before even if
even though if since
though unless until when
whenever whether while
THE BIG 5: Rule 1
DC , IC.
You need a comma!
EXAMPLES:
,
When I watched them fight
,
I was in awe.
Until I see it for myself I’ll never believe that Bruce
Lee beat Chuck Norris.
THE BIG 5: Rule 2
IC DC.
You don’t need a comma!
EXAMPLES:
I was in awe when I watched them fight.
I’ll never believe that Bruce Lee beat Chuck Norris until I
see it for myself.
Showdown!!!!!
R.I.P. Chuck
Chuck Norris
1940 - 2013
THE BIG 5: Rules 3 - 5
You have 3 options when
you connect 2 ICs:
3. Use a period to make two 3)
sentences.
4)
4. Use a semi-colon.
5. Use a comma with a
Coordinating Conjunction. 5)
Um… a what?
IC . IC.
IC ; IC.
IC ,J IC.
Coordinating Conjunctions (BOAS)
BOAS Conjunctions
There is no theory of
there is just a
• But
 Or
 evolution;
Nor
list of creatures Chuck
• And
 So
Norris has allowed to live.
Examples—Write these next to the 3
rules that they go with:
3. Chuck is out of luck I would
even bet a buck.
4. Chuck is out of luck; I would
even bet a buck.
3)
IC . IC.
4)
IC ; IC.
5. Chuck is out of luck , but I would
not bet a buck.
5)
IC ,J IC.
.
Because Jebediah ate a medium-sized
cheeseburger ,he
hewas
wasstill
stillhungry
hungryfor
forfries.
fries.
1. Identify all DCs. Circle subordinating conjunctions.
1. Identify all ICs. Put a box around coordinating
conjunctions.
1. Review The Big 5 to find the appropriate rule, and
punctuate your sentence correctly.
The fly was quickly buzzing away but
,but
but
the
the
the
frog leapt brilliantly to catch it.
1. Identify all DCs. Circle subordinating conjunctions.
1. Identify all ICs. Put a box around coordinating
conjunctions.
1. Review The Big 5 to find the appropriate rule, and
punctuate your sentence correctly.
The zombie horde is slowly making its way
toward us I believe that we need to leave right
away.
1.
You have 3
Identify all DCs. Circle subordinating conjunctions.
options!
IC . IC.
1)
1. Identify all ICs. Put a box around coordinating
conjunctions.
IC ; IC.
2)
1. Review The Big 5 to find the appropriate rule, and
punctuate your sentence correctly.
3)
IC ,J IC.
You have 3
options!
1)
IC . IC.
2)
IC ; IC.
3)
IC ,J IC.
The zombie horde is slowly making
its way toward us. I believe that we
need to leave right away.
ALL THREE
SENTENCES
we need to leave right away.
ARE 100%
CORRECT
The zombie horde is slowly making
its way toward us , so I believe that
The zombie horde is slowly making
its way toward us ; I believe that
we need to leave right away.
Common Error #1: Comma Splice
What’s wrong with the following sentence?
I’m sick of snow it’s too cold.
,
This is called a comma splice – an error
committed when an author connects two ICs
with a comma.
This fish spliced a
comma, now I’m
eating its guts.
Common Error #2:
Run-on Sentences!
What’s wrong with the following sentence?
I’m sick of snow, and it’s too cold to
go sledding, but I want to anyway.
This is called a run-on sentence – an
committed when an author connects
more than 2 ICs with a [comma + conj.].
Rules #6 and 7
IC , IC.
Comma Splice
Run-on
IC ,J IC ,J IC.
EXIT TICKET:
Rewrite the following sentences correctly.
Whenever the boy eats carrots his
eyesight improves dramatically. (1) The
boy normally fails to eat fruits and
vegetables, and his digestive system is
damaged, but he is still alive. The boy’s
friends laugh at him. (2) His friends are
mean people, they are bullies. (3) He will
soon exact his revenge, when he receives
Lasik surgery.