PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Subordinating Conjunctions?
What are Subordinating Conjunctions?
They are words used to join...
...independent clauses with dependent clauses....
...and introduce adverb clauses.
There are close to thirty "commonly" used subordinating conjunctions, but there are many more in English.
Common subordinating conjunctions express “cause, concession and comparison, condition, place and time”.
They also express the importance of an independent clause and a transition between two ideas.
Here are subordinating conjunction examples
to study.
Can you find the "Subordinating Conjunctions"?
"When" the doorbell rang, the kids went to answer it!
"After" the river overflowed, everyone went to
higher ground!
I don’t like spending time at the beach "because" I don’t like sand!
"Until" summer arrives, we have to be prepared
for hot weather!
"As soon as" I hear the rooster crow, I get out of bed!
"Although" I would rather not go, I’ll make an exception!
"As" you already know,
she is very pretty!
"Before" I saw that new
car, I was ready to
buy a used one!
I had already eaten supper "by the time" they arrived!
"Even if" you beg me,
I won’t do it!
I enjoyed the movie
"even though" it was
from the fifties!
"Every time" I travel
to London, the sun
is never out!
"If" you meet her,
please tell me!
Just "in case" she didn’t
tell you, she does not
like the sushi!"
Here are some
common words used
as subordinating
conjunctions...
After, although, as, as soon as, because, before, by the time, even if, even though, every time, if, in case, now that, once, since, so that, than, the first time, than, unless, until, when, whenever, whether or not, while, why.
Ask your teacher to explain this subject further!
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