GrammarandusageStep1:GeneralintroductionThegrammaritemsinthisunitfocusonsubordinateclauses
Studentswilllearnthatsubordinateclausesareusedtoexpresslessimportantideasinasentence
Theywillreviewthreemainsubordinateclauses—theadverbialclause,thenounclauseandtheattributiveclause
Theyareexpectedtoknowwhateachclausecanbeusedtoexpressandwhichconjunctionscanbeusedineachclause
Meanwhile,studentsareexpectedtoapplywhattheyhavelearntbyfulfillingsomewrittentasks
Step2:Overviewandpractice:1
Reviewwhatamainclauseisandwhatasubordinateclauseisinasentence
Readthefollowingsentencesandtrytounderlinethemainclauseofeachsentence
Thedogthat/whichwaslosthasbeenfound
Thosewhoareinfavoroftheproposalareexpectedtodiscussitindetailafterthemeeting
Therearemanyorganizationswhosepurposeistohelpthehomeless
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