EG ONE 1ST ENTRY
Adverbial
Clauses.
Most of students may have difficulties with
this type of clauses, for some reason they tend to avoid certain rules that
they should follow in order to learn the correct use of these clauses, therefore i going to help the reader by explaining the most relevant aspects of this topic the in the way this helped me
The first
thing to know about adverbial clauses is that they are dependent clauses too,
which means that they need another clause to express a complete thought, for
instance:
·
Because he has a college degree, he got a great job.
·
When the storm started, she was at the store.
·
Bob
wore the coat that I gave him.
As you can
see on the latter examples, the underlined sentences are meaningless if they stand by
their own So, adverbials clauses function as adverbs and if they are dependent clauses
they always need to have a subordinating conjunction to introduce them to the
other clause. If you have troubles recognizing them, here´s a tip: Subordinating
conjunctions are usually arranged according to the purpose of the main clause.
Here are some examples of subordinating conjunctions:
·
Time:
after, when, until, soon, before, once, while, as soon as, whenever, by the
time
·
Condition:
if, whether or not, provided, in case, unless, even if, in the event
·
Cause
and effect: because, as, since, so, in order that, now that, inasmuch as
·
Contrast:
though, although, while, whereas, even though
Always consider
that adverbial clauses specially can modify by telling the place, time, cause, and
purpose of an action. In other words they must answer the questions: where? When?,
why?, and under what conditions? Therefore these are some examples with the
adverb clause underlined:
- Place: Wherever there is music, people will often dance.
- Time: After the chores are done, we will eat ice cream.
- Cause: Since he has long hair, he wears a ponytail.
- Purpose: So that he would not ruin the carpet, he took off his shoes.
- Concession: Even though you are 13, you can’t go to that movie.
- Condition: If you save some money, you can buy a new game.
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I like this post very much because it is very short but that doesn't mean it isn't complete. It has a wide variety of examples so it is easier to understand everything.
ReplyDeleteThis topic was a little bit difficult for me, but as soon as, I read your blog i could undestand what it was all about, just I can said that was very useful for me.. thanks....
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ReplyDeleteThanks you Diego!, In this blog you explain the adverbial clauses in a really easy way! I like your blog :D
This has been one of the most difficult topics for me. But thanks to your information, I've learned new things that I didn't know!
just a doubt. We can omit the adverbial clauses in a sentence and it doesn't modify the main meaning, right?
Pd: I'm sorry for deleting the other comment but I had committed some mistakes. :D
Hello, I really liked your post. It was very completed about the content of adverbial clauses. By your post I could understood that adverbial clauses cannot stand alone because they do not have meaning, they need a main clause. Also, you talked about the subordinating conjunctions and their categories of when can we use them. But I have a question: Do some of this subordinating conjunctions can be used in many ways, I mean in many types of adverbial clasues? For example not only time but also place and so on. Thank you it was very instructive!!
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ReplyDeleteThe information that you already have on this post is complete, precise and understandable.
As Natalie said, I found this topic pretty difficult to me, because there's a lot of concepts that look complicated. But your information is acting like a way to simplify those definitions.So is very helpfull.
Thank's a lot, Diego