Dependent Clauses

Review: Parts of Speech: Prove Light’s part of speech….remember you need one formal and one functional proof!

The Jonas Brothers went left on Mulberry Street after leaving their mom's. Classify the sentence (exclamatory, imperative…): _____________________ I.D. the subject, verb, prepositional phrase(s), object of the preposition(s) Read this sentence: Completing the task will be difficult for Tabitha. I.D. the phrase completing the task: _________________ How is completing the task used? verb, adjective, noun, or adverb Join the two dependent clauses to make a complete sentence: Fanny can go Sam gets done

Continuing from yesterday's lecture... Clauses…Kinds of Dependent Clauses 1. _________________ clause used as an _____________, modifying a preceding noun or ______________. It is introduced and _____________ to the _______________ clause by the relative pronoun who (whose, whom), which, or that, or sometimes when, where, or why: The film frightened Hannan who saw it. Agee’s, which is downtown, sells mopeds. It was a time when peace prevailed. 2. ________________ clause is used as an adverb, modifying a verb, adjective, or other adverb. It tells how, __________, where, why, with what result, _____________ or despite what condition, or to what degree. It is introduced and ____________ to the independent ___________ by a subordinating ______________. Although they were tired, they played. If you leave early, you may go. ** Usually, a __________ follows an adverb clause that begins a sentence. 3. _________________ clause is used as a noun. It is introduced and _________________ to the independent clause by the ___________ pronoun who(ever), which(ever), what(ever) or that or by when, where, why, how or whether: What they knew frightened him I understand that you need help. She gave whoever passed by a brochure. Kinds of Verbs Auxilary:________________________________________________ Example: ____________________________________ Transitive: verb that needs a __________ ___________ to complete its ___________________. Example: Ms. K. telephoned the Po-Po. (Ms. K. telephone whom? Po-Po is the ________ __________) ___________________________________________________. Intransitive: verb that does NOT need a _________ ___________ to complete its ______________. Example: The chairperson stayed after the meeting. (tell me why) *Note: Many verbs can be ________________ in some cases and ________________ in others: Creed stopped the bus. Creed stopped. Bonus knowledge: Dictionaries label the meaning of each verb: v.t. means ______ _________________ or v.i. means _______

__________________ New Stuff! Conjunctions join other __________ or __________ groups. There are two kinds. 1. ___________________ conjunction (and, but, _____, _____, for, yet, _______) joins words or __________ ____________ of the same kind and importance: Words: cars and buses Word groups (phrases): on the open highways and in city traffic Word groups (clauses): Cars are more convenient, but buses are more efficient. 2. _________________ conjunction (if, because, although, when, unless, and others) joins a dependent (________________) clause to an independent clause. The subordinating conjunction begins the ___________ clause: if we pay them more; because the band was not playing their favorites. Clutch will play longer if we pay them more. If we pay them more, Clutch will play longer. Trea grew restless because Norma Jean was not playing his favorites. Because Norma Jean was not playing her favorites, Michelle grew restless. **** DO NOT write a subordinate clause alone as if were a ______________: WRONG: Matt Greiner grew restless. Because Brandon was not playing his favorites. Those clauses are called a ________________________ Use of Who and Whom The case of a relative pronoun is ________________ by its use within its clause. Jasmine is the one who arranged the prom. [Who=sub. of arranged] Shane is the one whom we should thank. [we should thank whom. Whom=direct object of should thank.] We should also thank whoever helped him. [Whoever= sub. of helped] We should inform whomever we see. [we see whomever. Whomever= direct object of see.] Send a note to whoever participated in the prom. [Whoever=sub. of participated.]