Review:

A clause is a phrase that contains both a subject and a predicate. (forms a complete sentence)

Subject + Verb+ Object Predicate

That means you can identify a “who”(SUBJECT) , “what,” (VERB) and a “what about it?"
(OBJECT)

A clause can stand alone (independent clause) or combine with other clauses (dependent
clause) to form bigger sentences.

2 types of clauses:

An independent clause makes sense by itself. It can form a sentence on its own. For example,
Julia wants to go shopping is an independent clause.

A dependent clause needs the main clause to make its full meaning clear. For example, in the
phrase Julia wants to go shopping because she has nothing to wear, the phrase “because she
has nothing to wear” is a dependent clause.

Look at the example below.

I ate lunch I was hungry.

 Run-on sentences are sentences that have two or more ideas that are smashed together
without a conjunction. It’s like pushing a car and a trailer together but not hooking them
up.

I ate lunch I was hungry.

I ate lunch because I was hungry.

What are conjunctions:

-* Conjunctions are like glue*

-They are the connecting pieces that combine two thoughts (clauses) in a sentence.

**Using conjunctions can help you make more complex (better) sentences out of simple
clauses. **

**A conjunction connects two thoughts, phrases or sentences**.

There are three kinds of conjunctions but the two most common are coordinating and
subordinating conjunctions.

Coordinating Conjunctions

-allows you to combine two related and independent sentences.

*There are seven coordinating conjunctions: and, but, for, nor, or, SO, and yet* FANBOYS

Eg. I lost my dog + I got a new cat = I lost my dog, so I got a new cat.

Subordinating Conjunctions

-also allow you to combine two clauses in the case where one of them depends on the other for
its meaning. The one that depends on the other is a dependent clause; it just provides added
information about the other thought.
independent sentences. + dependent clause

-The subordinating conjunction glues the two ideas together by indicating place, time,
or cause and effect.

Some common examples are: after, although, as, because, since, than, until, unless,
whenever, and while.

Eg: July is a good time to go swimming because it is hot.