This document contains 12 skills related to using different types of connectors in English clauses. It discusses using coordinate connectors like "and", "but", and "or" between two main clauses. It also covers using time and cause connectors like "because" and "if" in adverb clauses, and noun clause connectors like "what" and "that". Finally, it discusses adjective clause connectors like "who", "which", and "that", and how some can function as both connectors and subjects. The skills cover correctly applying these various connectors in different clause structures in English sentences.
This document contains 12 skills related to using different types of connectors in English clauses. It discusses using coordinate connectors like "and", "but", and "or" between two main clauses. It also covers using time and cause connectors like "because" and "if" in adverb clauses, and noun clause connectors like "what" and "that". Finally, it discusses adjective clause connectors like "who", "which", and "that", and how some can function as both connectors and subjects. The skills cover correctly applying these various connectors in different clause structures in English sentences.
This document contains 12 skills related to using different types of connectors in English clauses. It discusses using coordinate connectors like "and", "but", and "or" between two main clauses. It also covers using time and cause connectors like "because" and "if" in adverb clauses, and noun clause connectors like "what" and "that". Finally, it discusses adjective clause connectors like "who", "which", and "that", and how some can function as both connectors and subjects. The skills cover correctly applying these various connectors in different clause structures in English sentences.
when you have two clauses in an English sentence, you must connect the two clauses corectly. one way two clauses is to use and, but, or, so, or yet between the clauses, (she laughed, but she wanted to cry) But : coordinate connector
SKILL 7 : USE ADVERB TIME AND CAUSE CONNECTORS CORRECTLY
sentences with adverb clauses have two basic patterns in English. study the clauses and connectors in the foloowing sentences: (S + V +adverb connector + S + V : Teresa went inside because it was raining) (Adverb connector + S +V, S + V : because it was raining, Teresa went inside)
SKILL 8 : USE OTHER ADVERB CONNECTORS CORRECTLY
adverb clauses can express the ideas of time and cause, as I saw in SKILL 7 (I will leave at 7.00 if I am ready) (Altough I was late, I managed to catch the rain)
SKILL 9 : USE NOUN CLAUSES CONNECTORS CORRECTLY
a noun clause is a clause that functions as a noun; because the noun clause is a noun, it is used in a sentence as either an object of a verb, an object of a preposition, or the subject of the sentence. (S + V noun connector + S + V : i know what you did) (Noun connector + S + V V : what you did was wrong) SKILL 10 : USE NOUN CLAUSE CONNECTOR/SUBJECTS CORRECTLY we will see that in some cases a noun clauses connector is not just a connector; a noun clause connector can also be the subject of the clause at the same time. (S + V noun connector/subject V : i know what happened) (Noun connector/subject V V : what happened was great)
SKILL 11 : USE ADJ CLAUSE CONNECTORS CORRECTLY
an adjective clause is a clause that describes a noun. because the clause is an adjective, it is positioned directly after the noun taht it describes. 1. Whom (for people) 2. which (for things) 3. that (for people or things) S+V adj connector + S + V : iliked the book which you recommended S adj connector + S + V V : the book which you recommended was interestin.
SKILL 12 : USE ADJ CLAUSE CONNECTOR/SUBJECT CORRECTLY
we will see that in some cases an adjective clauses connector is not just a connector; an adjective clause connector can also be the subject of the clause at the same time. 1. Who (for people) 2. which (for things) 3. that (for people or things)
S+V adj connector + S + V : she needs a secretary who types fast
S adj connector + S + V V : a secretary who types fast invaluable