Subordinating Conjunctions

Subordinating Conjunctions

By Ms. Aquilo

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When you hear the word conjunction, what three words do you think of?

and, but, or

These are connector conjunctions. They join words, ideas, lists, clauses, and sentences together. But we're going to start talking about COORDINATING conjunctions. ​

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Subordinating Conjunctions

This is a word that joins an independent clause to a dependent clause. We did discuss this briefly without calling them this.

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Subordinating Conjunctions List​

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After we took the House of the Scorpion test,

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As soon as the bell rang,

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Whenever Mrs. Odinet assigns homework,

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Although I studied for the House of the Scorpion test for ten hours,

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Because it was raining outside during lunch,

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Since my dog ate a napkin,

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In order to get an A on the exam,

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If Coach Dalton gives me a detention,

Multiple Choice

What did you notice followed each of the previous clauses that begin with those subordinating conjunctions?

• a period

• a comma

• nothing

There is no comma when the subordinate clause is second.

Subordinate second

Because the subordinate clause is first, there must be a comma after it.

Subordinate first

Subordinate clauses + independent clauses together!

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