Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Clause Help
- Noun
- must contain a subject and a verb
- take the place of a noun,
meaning that you can test
for a noun clause by
replacing it with a
pronoun (usually: it,
someone, or something)
- introduced by a limited number of words
- interrogatives:
who, whoever,
whom, whomever,
what, whatever
(diagrammed as
nouns); which,
whose
(diagrammed as
adjectives); when,
where, why, how
(diagrammed as
adverbs)
- expletives: if,
that,
whether,
whether or
not,
(diagrammed
above the
verb of the
noun clause
with a dotted
line drawn to
that verb)
- performs the usual
function of a noun:
subject, subjective
complement, object of
preposition, direct object,
indirect object, objective
complement, appositive
- Adverb
- contains a subject and a verb
- answers an adverb question: when, where, why, how
- usually be moved
as a whole to
another location in
a sentence without
changing the
meaning of a
sentence
- begins with a
subordinating
conjunction: after,
although, though, as,
because, before, even
though, if, once, since,
so that, unless, until,
when, whenever,
where, wherever,
whereas, wether or
not, while
- helpful hint: when
trying to determine
what type of clause you
have before you
remember that a noun
clause can be replaced
by a single word noun,
or a pronoun, and that
an adverb clause can
move
- don't confuse
coordinating and
subordinating
conjunctions: a
coordinating
conjunction can
only be FANBOYS
- Relative
- are used to
give additional
information
about
something
without adding
another
sentence
- contains subject and verb
- adjective clause that relates to or modifies the noun that it follows
- can be introduced
by a relative
pronoun: who,
whom, whose,
which, that OR can
be introduced by a
relative adverb:
when, where, why
- Paige and Sara Marie "BFF's 5 ever, cause that's more than 4 ever"