a grammar ppt.

1. Main and subordinate clauses
Main Claus e s
and
S ubo rdinate Claus e s
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2. Main and subordinate clauses
Choose the correct main or subordinate clause to complete
the sentence then make up one of your own:
when I got on the bus
Lisa is revising for her exams
I paid the driver
by the time the bus had left
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3. Main and subordinate clauses
I paid the driver when I got on the bus.
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4. Main and subordinate clauses
Choose the correct main or subordinate clause to complete
the sentence then make one up of your own:
unless it is open.
because the food is great.
Eat at Smoky Joe’s
although the cat is asleep.
?
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5. Main and subordinate clauses
Eat at Smoky Joe’s because the food is great.
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6. Main and subordinate clauses
Choose the correct main or subordinate clause to complete
the sentence then make one up of your own:
until I had put on my hat
while I was putting on my hat
Because it was raining,
I took my umbrella with me
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7. Main and subordinate clauses
Because it was raining, I took my umbrella
with me.
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8. Main and subordinate clauses
Choose the correct main or subordinate clause to complete
the sentence then make up one of your own:
the postman knocked on the
door.
when he went around to the
back door.
Since the doorbell was
broken,
it looked like warm weather.
?
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9. Main and subordinate clauses
Since the doorbell was broken, the postman
knocked on the door.
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10. Main and subordinate clauses
Choose the correct main or subordinate clause to complete
the sentence then make up one of your own:
Although he is over fifty
Even if the train was on time
which reminded them
so much of home.
They stared at the pictures
?
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11. Main and subordinate clauses
They stared at the pictures which reminded
them so much of home.
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12. Main and subordinate clauses
Choose the correct main or subordinate clause to complete
the sentence then make up one of your own:
since it was addressed to her.
Sherlock Holmes studied the
envelope carefully.
Before opening the letter,
just as Mike reached the door.
?
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13. Main and subordinate clauses
Before opening the letter, Sherlock Holmes
studied the envelope carefully.
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