Zander - Unit 3 - Lesson 13

Zander - Unit 3 Lesson 13

English 3200

Subordination

• To be of a lower group

• For example, a peasant is subordinate to a king

Subordinate Groups

• A word group that is less than a sentence

• Does not make sense by itself

• Therefore, clauses are apart of subordinate groups since it is less than the main part of the sentence

Multiple Choice

Which is a subordinate phrase?

• It fell over

• When the bike stopped

Open Ended

Write a phrase that is apart of the subordinate word group.

Subordinating Conjunctions

• Rewrap: What is a conjunction?

• A conjunction is a word(s) that helps to connect two or more phrases in a sentence

• A subordinating conjunction is the word that starts a subordinate word phrase, while connecting this phrase with the sentence

• Examples: Unless, Until, When, As, Because, Although

Subordinating Conjunction Examples

• The students were eager to get home when the bell ringed

• What is the subordinate word phrase?

• "When the bell ringed"

• What is the subordinating conjunction?

• "When"

2nd Example

• The baby cried, and the traffic was heavy

• What is the subordinating conjunction?

• There are none!

• Although "and" is a conjunction, it does not start a subordinate word phrase

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Multiple Select

What option(s) have a subordinate conjunction

• Even if I leave, we will stay in touch

• Because of my friend, I have picked up many new hobbies

• The child was crying profusely as if we weren't home

Coordination

• To be of a equal group

• For example, a king is coordinate to a king

Coordinating Conjunctions

• A coordinating conjunction is the word that starts a coordinate word phrase, while connecting multiple phrases in a sentence.

• Most Common Examples: And, But, Or

• Example: The printer failed to print, but she remained calm

• Coordinate Word Phrase: But she remained calm

• Coordinate Conjunction: But

Open Ended

Write a sentence that contains a coordinating conjunction.

Complex Sentences

• This is a sentence that contains one or more subordinate clauses

• Is this sentence complex: "The kid ran, but he slipped".

• No. Because "but" is a coordinate conjunction.

• This not a complex sentence, but rather a ________ sentence

• Compound Sentence

Multiple Choice

Change the sentence from a compound sentence to a complex sentence without changing the meaning of the sentence

"The wind felt amazing, but it blew our umbrella away."

• Though the wind felt amazing, it blew our umbrella away

• The wind felt amazing, because it blew our umbrella away

• As long as the wind felt amazing, it blew our umbrella away.