grammar clauses

1. ENGLISH CLASS
WORLDWIDE HOLIDAYS AND FESTIVALS
Miss: Bertha María Aponte Babines
Independent Clauses and
Dependent Clauses

2. WELCOME EVERYBODY
Purpose:
Students practice using adverb clauses in speaking,
listening, and writing.
INDEPENDENT AND DEPENDENT CLAUSES

3. Activity1:
• Students look at the pictures
“Worldwide Holidays and Festivals”
and describe them.
• Read the text and answer questions.
• Play a game vocabulary

4. Worldwide Holidays and Festivals

6. Activity 1: Using the text Worldwide Holidays and Festivals choose the right answer.
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GAME

7. Activity 2: Using the text Worldwide Holidays and Festivals fill the blanks.

8. Questions:
• What woke up the woman?
• Where were those sounds
coming from?
• What frightened the husband ?
• What made the man and
woman laught?
Activity 3: Video
 Listen the story “Awake and Asleep"
and answer some questions.
 Give your opinión about the story.
 Identify in the story some examples of
independent and dependent
clauses and the markers words, then
do a power point presentation.

9. Activity: Video

10. What are adverb clauses?
Different types of adverb clauses:
 Condition(if)
 Result(so that)
 Concession (although)
Adverb Clauses of
Time
Adverb Clauses of
Reason
After
Before
While
when
Because
As
since
Dependent
clauses
are

11. Clause = subject + verb Clauses
Independent
clauses
Dependent
clauses
GRAMMAR: Independent clauses and Dependent clauses

12. What is Independent Clause?
 They have a subject and a verb and express a complete thought.
 Independen clauses = subject + verb
 Independen clauses = complete sentence
 Can a dependent clause stand alone?
answer: no
 Can a independent clause stand alone?
answer: yes

13. Compund sentence= two or more Independent clauses
Independent clause + coordinator + Independent clause
For
And
nor
But
Or
Yet
so
FANBOYS
for
and
nor
butor
Yet
so

14. Simple sentence = one Independent sentence
 While I love the internet , I also like to read books.
 After reading a good book, I feel a sense of accomplishment
 I must first read before I can write
 The sun shone brightly
 The air was cool
The sun shone brightly on the morning of the hike, and the air was cool.
Examples of Independent Clause:

15. What is dependent or
subordinate clauses?
 Contains a subject and a
verbs but doesn´t express
complete thoughts.
 They has a dependent
market word.
Dependent
market
words
before
After
since
While
Although
If
As son
as
That
Which
Until
Unless

16. Structure of dependent clause:
Subordinator + Subject + Verb
marker words
Examples of dependent Clause:
Before the sun set What hapenned?
After the campfire went out What hapenned?

17. A. The group of friends got up at 5 o`clock in the morning to begin their ascent of
Mr. Precarious.
B. As soon as they had eaten breakfast of sausage and eggs.
Dependen or subordinate
C. While the group leader gave a brief orientation to the day`s hike.
Dependen or subordinate
D. With heavy packs and high hopes, the hikers fell into single file behind the point
person.
Activity 4: Identify which of these examples are dependent and
independent clauses.

18. THANKS