Transcript Subordinating Conjunctions

Subordinating Conjunctions
Review
Subordinate Conjunctions…
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Make a sentence less important
(incomplete)
 Make a sentence dependent on another
sentence in order to make sense
Common subordinate
conjunctions are…
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When
Whenever
While
As
Since
Because
If
So that
Although
Even though
As soon as
If you add a subordinate
conjunction to a subject and
predicate, look what happens:
John threw the ball immediately
Because John threw the ball immediately,
After a subordinate conjunction is
added, a complete sentence must
also be added to make sense
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Because John threw the ball immediately,
the player was out.
his first baseman had to be alert.
he was able to give his team a chance at
winning the game.
A subordinate clause:
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Starts with a subordinate conjunction
 Is followed by a subject and predicate
 Depends on another subject and predicate
(complete sentence) to make sense
 Example:
[If you like ice cream], you should try the
Marble Slab Creamery.
Subordinate clause poems…
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Start with 4 subordinate clauses
 Each clause is followed by a comma
 End with a complete sentence (subject and
predicate)
A poem might look like this:
When I traveled to the airport,
After the transport truck jack-knifed,
Because the 401 was jam-packed,
Since I was stuck in traffic,
I almost missed my flight.
Or this:
If Bob wants to pass this course,
Because he doesn’t want to go to summer
school,
Since he has a summer part-time job,
When the teacher assigns projects,
He will hand everything in.
Your turn!
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Write two subordinate clause poems and
hand them in for marking.