COMPLEX SENTENCES FIDGE p.30-31
GETTING STARTED: no. 1.
MAIN CLAUSE
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CONNECTIVE
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SUBORDINATE CLAUSE
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Everyone started talking
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about
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the new show.
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Clouds form
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when
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when water vapour in the air cools.
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The flowers did not grow
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although
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I watered them regularly.
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The rabbit escaped
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because
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the hutch door was left open.
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Dogs are not admitted
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unless
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they are on a lead.
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I visited Rome
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where
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I saw the Pope.
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NOW TRY THESE. (P.31).
REMEMBER:
WHO and WHICH are pronouns.
1. a. I found the key which opens the
old box.
b. Emma wrote to her uncle, who had sent her a present.
c. Amir is the boy who won first prize.
d. Natalie went back to the shop which had sold the red shoes.
e. I found the missing bag, which had been lost.
2.
Choose ‘n subordinate
clause from the box to complete each sentence. Look at the meanings of the
subordinate clauses first.
1.
Which had a hole in it ->
talks about something that could leak.
2.
Which was starving -> talks
about a living being that doesn’t have enough food.
3.
Who had hurt her toe ->
talks about a person who has an injury.
4.
Which is singing loudly ->
talks about a being that could sing, yet is not a human;
5.
Who had borrowed the money
-> talks about a person who is in debt.
Read out loud, say
punctuation marks. Signal subordinate clause with hand movements.
a.
The girl, who had borrowed the money, saved up to pay it back.
b.
The old boat, which had a hole in it, sank in
the lake.
c.
Emma, who had hurt her toe, was limping badly. (Past perfect
tense).
d.
The bird, which was singing loudly, was a lark.
e.
The thin dog, which was starving, gobbled up
all the food.
PUNCTUATION:
A.
Calum, who was
still asleep, had not tidied his room.
B.
Sharon bought a magazine which
was full of pictures of her favourite band.
C.
Robin Hood, who was
an outlaw, lived in Sherwood Forest.
D.
The man, who
invented the television, was called John Logie Baird.
E. Mr Cusack praised Jamie, who had tried very hard at
English.
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