Grammar 4

Grammar 4

​The final of our four grammar rules!

Simply put, a Grammar 4 uses both an INDEPENDENT and a DEPENDENT clause.

Remember, Grammar 3 sentences use TWO INDEPENDENT clauses.

Multiple Choice

Review: What is an independent clause?

• A clause that can make sense on its own

• A clause that cannot make sense on its own

• A phrase that describes a noun

• A phrase that explains the location and direction

Multiple Choice

Which of the following clauses is dependent?

• Snowstorms can be scary

• Here comes the sun

• During the rain shower

• I can't see through the fog

WHY "SPOILERS"?

• These words take perfectly independent clauses and spoil them to be dependent

• Independent: I like chocolate

• Spoiler: Even though

• Dependent: Even though I like chocolate

Open Ended

You Try! Write your own Grammar 4!

For Example: Whenever I have too much coffee, I get really hyper!

Open Ended

You Try! Write a Grammar 4 that has the dependent clause after the independent clause.

For Example: I like Fridays even though Saturdays are my favorite.