Module5TheGreatSportsPersonalityGrammar—ReviewofadverbialclausesGoalsToreviewadverbialclausesProceduresStep1ReviewingtheadverbialclausesAdverbialclausesarelessthan(subordinateto)sentences
Theydonotcontainacompletethought
Adverbialclausesalwaysmodifytheverbinthemainclause(thesentence)towhichtheadverbialclauseisattached
Anadverbialclausetellshow,when,why,howmuch,towhatextentandunderwhatconditionstheactioninthemainclausetakesplace
Adverbialclausesalwaysbeginwithasubordinatingconjunction
Themostcommonsubordinatingconjunctionsarelistedbelow
Before,after,unlessAlthough,if,untilAs,inorderthat,whenAs,since,wheneveraslongas,sothat,whereassoonas,than,whereverbecause,though,whileAdverbialclauses,likeallsubordinateclauses,arestructuredinthesamewayallsentencesarestructured
Alladverbialclauseswillfallin