Exploring Subordinate Clauses and Conjunctions

The video tutorial explains subordinate clauses, which add detail to main clauses, and how they can be used in sentences. It introduces subordinating conjunctions necessary for forming subordinate clauses and demonstrates their placement at different points in a sentence. The tutorial provides examples of sentences with subordinate clauses and concludes with a review of the key points discussed.

What does a subordinate clause add to the main clause?

• A new object

• A new subject

• More detail

• A different verb

Which of the following is a subordinating conjunction?

• And

• But

• Or

• Although

Identify the subordinating conjunction in the sentence: 'I will go to the park if it stops raining.'

• I

• will

• if

• raining

What is the function of a subordinating conjunction?

• To end a sentence

• To introduce a subordinate clause

• To join two independent clauses

• To replace a noun

Which of the following is NOT a subordinating conjunction?

• And

• Although

• Because

• Since

Where can a subordinate clause appear in a sentence?

• Only at the end

• Only in the middle

• At the beginning, middle, or end

• Only at the beginning

Which sentence correctly places the subordinate clause at the end?

• Because I was tired, I went to bed.

• I went to bed because I was tired.

• Because I was tired.

• I went to bed.

Which sentence correctly uses a subordinate clause?

• I went to the store or I could have gone home.

• I went to the store but I forgot milk.

• I went to the store, and I bought milk.

• I went to the store because I needed milk.

Which of the following sentences contains a subordinate clause?

• She is happy and she passed the exam.

• She passed the exam.

• She is happy because she passed the exam.

• She is happy.

In the sentence 'Although it was raining, we went for a walk,' what is the subordinate clause?

• Although it was raining

• we went for a walk

• Although

• it was raining