Adverbial clauses of reason

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 579.

Adverbial clauses of time

Adverbial clauses of time, place and reason

GRAMMAR IN USE

An adverbial clause of time is a subordinate clause (dependent clause) in a complex sentence which starts with a conjunction of time. An adverbial clause of time sets a time reference for the action mentioned by the main verb phrase in the main clause.

Examples:

a. When we understood the law that governs all of those phenomena, we arrived at the conclusion.

b. While you are conducting experiment in the laboratory, be careful with all types of acids because you may get burned.

c. You should be well- prepared before any observation is made on a phenomenon.

Some common conjunctions of time: when; while; before; after; since; (un)till; now that; as soon as; whenever; any time; by the time;

Note that, as for before and after, they can not only function as conjunctions of time but also as prepositions of time:

a. He jumped to the conclusion before any of his classmates.

b. He reached the conclusion after his teacher's explanation.

An adverbial clause of reason is a subordinate clause in a complex sentence that starts with one of following conjunctions: because, since, as

Examples:

a. Because he was too hurried to reach the conclusion, he omitted a lot of valuable evidence.

b. He was successful since he learned of patience.

c. As he is still a student, he is unable to provide himself with such an expensive piece of equipment.