Complex sentences

Июль 30, 2022

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2. In a complex sentence there is one principal (main) clause and one or more subordinate clauses.
3. Noun clauses A noun clause does the work of a noun. It answers the questions Who?
4. Noun clauses derived from questions Has he signed the contract? Tell me if he has signed
6. Relative clauses The house we moved into was absolutely beautiful. The people who lived here before
7. He is the person to whom I wrote. He is the person I wrote to. This
8. Adverbial clauses of time When we visited London we went to the Tower. We use conjunctions
9. Past reference Things happening one after another: When I came back home my father went away.
10. Adverbial clauses of place To say where something happens we use conjunctions where, wherever That dog
11. Adverbial clauses of manner Type this again as I showed you a moment ago. Use conjunctions:
12. Adverbial clauses of reason Adverbial clauses of reason answer the question why? Use conjunctions because, since,
13. Adverbial clauses of contrast We introduce contrast with conjunctions Although, considering that, though, even though, even
14. We can also introduce contrast with however + adjective/adverb No matter I intend to buy a
15. Adverbial clauses of purpose We can express purpose with so that and in order that I
16. Adverbial clauses of result We were so tired that we went to bed. He is such
17. Adverbial clauses of comparison He plays the piano as well as I do. You didn’t finish
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In a complex sentence there is one principal (main) clause and

one or more subordinate clauses.
The alarm was raised as soon as the fire was discovered
The alarm was raised – the main clause
The fire was discovered – the subordinate clause
as soon as - the conjunction

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Noun clauses
A noun clause does the work of a noun. It

answers the questions Who? or What?
He told me that he had succeeded (He told me … what?) that he had succeeded - is a noun clause
I know (that) he is going to be late. It is a pity (that) he is gong to be late

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Noun clauses derived from questions
Has he signed the contract?
Tell me if

he has signed the contract. Ask him if (whether) he has signed the contract.
When did you sign the contract?
Tell me when you signed the contract.

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Relative clauses
The house we moved into was absolutely beautiful.
The people who

lived here before us took very great care of it.
I don’t think we will ever regret the decision we made.
We use who or that to refer to people.
She is the woman who/that lives here.
We use which or that to refer to animals and things.
That’s the cat which/that lives next door.

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He is the person to whom I wrote.
He is the

person I wrote to.
This is the pan in which I boiled the milk.
This is the pan I boiled the milk in.
WHOSE
She is the woman whose car was stolen.

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Adverbial clauses of time
When we visited London we went to the

Tower.
We use conjunctions when, while, till, until, as soon as, before, after, by the time, as, once, since
When the time clause refers to the future we use the present tense after the conjunction:
As soon as I give him your message I will phone you.

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Past reference
Things happening one after another:
When I came back home my

father went away.
Things happening at the same time: When I came back home my father was leaving.
When the second action finishes before the first action in the sentence: When I came back home my father had already left.

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Adverbial clauses of place
To say where something happens we use

conjunctions where, wherever
That dog follows me wherever I go.

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Adverbial clauses of manner
Type this again as I showed you a

moment ago.
Use conjunctions: (in) the way (that) as if/as though
Type this again the way I showed you.
I feel as though I am floating in the air.

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Adverbial clauses of reason
Adverbial clauses of reason answer the question why?
Use

conjunctions because, since, as, seeing that
Since it’s a public holiday you won’t find many shops open.

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Adverbial clauses of contrast
We introduce contrast with conjunctions
Although, considering

that, though, even though, even if, much as, while, whereas
Though I have had more than 20 lessons, I am still not ready to take my driving test.
Although I try hard to play the piano I don’t seem to improve.

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We can also introduce contrast with however + adjective/adverb
No matter
I intend

to buy a CD player however much it costs.
I intend to buy a CD player no matter how much it costs.

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Adverbial clauses of purpose
We can express purpose with so that and

in order that
I spent a year in Germany so that I could learn German.
For + infinitive construction.
Mr Jones bought a second car for his wife to learn to drive.

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