Understanding Subordinating Conjunctions

What are the three essential components needed to form a complex sentence?

• A subordinate clause, a verb, and a subject

• A main clause, a verb, and a subject

• A main clause, a subordinating conjunction, and a subordinate clause

• A main clause, a coordinating conjunction, and a subordinate clause

Which acronym can help you remember common subordinating conjunctions?

• I saw a wabb

• I saw a cat

• I saw a dog

• I saw a bird

Where can a subordinating conjunction be placed in a sentence?

• Only in the middle

• At the end

• Only at the start

• At the start or in the middle

Which subordinating conjunction indicates that two actions are happening simultaneously?

• Since

• If

• Although

• While

What is a good strategy for choosing the correct subordinating conjunction?

• Always choose 'because'

• Say the sentence aloud with different options

• Use a dictionary

• Guess randomly