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Clauses

• Grade Six

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What is a Clause?

• A clause is a group of words that contain both a
• subject and a
• verb
• S V
• Ex. we walked down the street
• S V
• Ex. after the rain had started

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Practicing Clauses

• On a separate sheet of paper, number from one to
  five. Write C if the group of words is a clause.
  Write F if it is not.
• 1. walking down the street
• 2. I saw a plan in the sky
• 3. Mary and Bob are friends
• 4. when the season started
• 5. the girl with the brown hair

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Practicing Clauses

• Check your answers
• 1. F This is a fragment. Walking is the
  verb, but there is no subject.
• 2. C This is a clause. I is a subject.
  Saw is a verb.
• 3. C This is a clause. Mary is a subject.
  Bob is also a subject. Are is the verb.
• 4. C This is a clause. Season is the subject.
  Started is the verb.
• 5. F This is a fragment. Girl is the
  subject, but there is no verb.

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What is an Independent Clause?

• An independent clause is a sentence.
• It can stand alone and tells a complete thought.
• S V
• Ex. Mary threw the ball.
• V
  S
• Ex. Underneath the book was my pencil.

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What is a Subordinate Clause?

• A subordinate clause is NOT a complete sentence.
• Subordinate clauses begin with words that are
  called relative pronouns or subordinate
  conjunctions.
• This beginning word of the clause is what causes
  this group of words to not be a complete
  sentence. If the opening word was removed then
  it would be an independent clause.

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What is a Subordinate Clause?

• The relative pronouns are
• who, whom, whose, which, that
• These words start a subordinate clause called a
  relative clause. They are often in the middle or
  end of a sentence.
• Ex. who walked down the street
• subordinate clause
• (The man who walked down the street was tall.
• Ex. that I am related to
• subordinate clause
• (The boy that I am related to won the award.

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What is a Subordinate Clause?

• The subordinate conjunctions are
• after, although, as, as if, as long as, because,
  before, even though, if, in order that, since, so
  that, than, though, unless, until, when,
  whenever, where, wherever, while
• These words begin a subordinate or dependent
  clause. They can come anywhere in a sentence
  however, if they begin the sentence, they must be
  followed by a comma.

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What is a Subordinate Clause?

• Examples of Subordinate Clauses
• subordinate
  clause
• Ex. We talked to him after the game had begun.
• subordinate clause
• Ex. Because it was storming, our game ended.
• Yes, a sentence can begin with the word
  because. The only way it can start that way
  though is if it begins with a subordinate clause
  and is followed by both a comma and an
  independent clause.

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Practicing Clauses

• On a separate piece of paper number from one to
  five. Write I if the clause is independent and
  write S if the clause is subordinate.
• 1. in chorus we sang many songs
• 2. as if nothing had happened
• 3. whenever I feel like it
• 4. whose book I borrowed
• 5. following the announcements was the bell.

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Practicing Clauses

• The answers are
• 1. I this is a complete sentence.
• 2. S as if is a subordinate conjunction.
  This is not a complete sentence.
• 3. S whenever is a subordinate
  conjunction. This is not a complete
  sentence.
• 4. S whose is a relative pronoun. This is
  not a complete sentence.
• 5. I This is a complete sentence.

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What are Complex Sentences?

• A complex sentence contains one independent
  clause and one subordinate clause.
• Independent Clause Subordinate
  Clause
• Ex. I saw Michael who is in my class.
• Subordinate Clause
  
• Ex. Until the team was selected,
• 
  Independent Clause
• no one could move from their seats.

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What are Compound Sentences?

• Compound sentences are formed when two
  independent clauses are joined together.
• The two independent clauses can be joined in two
  ways
• 1. add a comma and a conjunction between the
  two independent clauses
• 2. Add a semicolon between the two independent
  clauses

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What are Compound Sentences?

• Examples of compound sentences
• Independent Clause
  Independent Clause
• Ex. I walked to the store, but it was
  closed.
• 
  Independent Clause
• Ex. I practiced the piano faithfully daily
  
• 
  Independent Clause
• I was well prepared for the recital.

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Diagramming Compound Sentences

• To diagram a compound sentence
• 1. Diagram the first independent clause.
• 2. Skip some space.
• 3. Diagram the second independent clause beneath
  the first one.
• 4. Connect the verbs with a dotted line and the
  conjunction.

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Diagramming Compound Sentences

• Ex. I talked on the phone, but I still did my
  homework.

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• This completes the review of clauses.
• Additional review can be done in the review
  folders housed in 106 and the library.