SYNTAX SUBORDINATION 1

REVIEW AND INTRODUCTION TO SUBORDINATE CLAUSES

I - Please identify SVOCA in the sentences below.
1 Cats eat mice.
2 Jane works hard.
3 Bob is intelligent.
4 Marge wants you home now.
5 Judy buys me apples.
6 Jeff called Sue gorgeous yesterday.
7 The president has addressed the nation once more.
8 The dentist is making me suffer a lot.
9 This course has been enlightening my knowledge.
10 The murderer will be sentenced at five oclock tomorrow.
11 Mike and Jane had split up by the time their house was finally remodeled.
12 Telma and Louise drove wherever they wanted.
13 The Robinsons have always talked to me as if they were talking to a beggar.
14 The dogs stopped barking because the thief had thrown them some meat.
15 Although you do not appreciate French, it is a charming language.
16 Gisele and Naomi, who are famous models, get a lot of money at any fashion show they go to.
II Please identify the sentences which contain an adverb clause.
1 Jane got here early, but she forgot to sign in.
2 Marc and Sally, who are great dentists, keep complaining about their teeth.
3 Jessica smiled when she saw her boyfriend leave the car.
4 The fact that he tasted his first wine at the age of five made him an alcoholic for good.
5 The truth about her smooth long straight blond hair drove her jealous evil close girlfriends to
total envious madness.
6 I got there when I could.
7 Phil killed her on the grounds that he could not stand her betrayal.

8 Martha specialized in treating small pets, which had always been her hobby.
9 Mrs. Norris was completely shocked, for the news about her husbands accident was too grave.
10 Cada um com seus pobrema was so hugely funny that you could only see it if you bought the
ticket months in advance.

SUBORDINATE ADVERB CLAUSES

SVOCA*
A* = (SVOCA)

SUBORDINATE ADVERB CLAUSE OF TIME

After/Once => 2 AFTER/ONCE 1 /// AFTER/ONCE 01, 02
Once the students left, the teacher erased the board.
The teacher erased the board after the students left.
Before => 01 BEFORE 02 /// BEFORE 02, 01
Jane will get to the theater before the movie begins.
By the time => sequence with perfect tenses (past or future).
Johnny had finished all his work by the time his boss arrived at the office.
As/When/While => simultaneously
She arrived to class when the teacher was calling the roll.
As she turned to comb her hair, she saw the ghosts face in the mirror.
Some bosses work hard while their employees have a rest.
As(So) long as/While/When => during
I will love Elke as (so) long as she is my student.
I will love Elke while she is my student.
When she was cooking, her boy was watching TV.
As soon as / when => the first moment
I will dash from the class as soon as class is over.
Ever / Whenever => any moment
Have you ever met Jane?
Please come back whenever you can.
Till / Until = up to the moment
She will study till she drops asleep.
Since => beginning of the action
Bob has played volleyball since he was a child.
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SUBORDINATE ADVERB CLAUSE OF PLACE

Where =>
Anywhere / Wherever =>
Everywhere =>

SUBORDINATE ADVERB CLAUSE OF MANNER

As / How / Like* =>
As if X As though =>
However / Anyhow / Anyway =>

SUBORDINATE ADVERB CLAUSE OF COMPARISON

(comparison) Than =>
As As =>

SUBORDINATE ADVERB CLAUSE OF REASON

Which conjunctions are more used in oral language (O) and which ones are extremely formal (F)?
As
As a result of the fact that
as (so) long as
because
due to the fact that
inasmuch as
in view of the fact that
now that
on account of the fact that
on the grounds that
seeing / seeing as / seeing that
since