COMPLEX SENTENCE Complex sentence is a sentence contains














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COMPLEX SENTENCE � Complex sentence is a sentence contains one independent clause/ main clause and at least one dependent clause. � Example: The dinner was burned because she had forgotten it. Independent c: The dinner was burned Dependent c: (because) she had forgotten it

Dependent clause has some functions: 1. 2. 3. Adjective clause modifies noun/ pronoun Adverb Clause modifies V, ADJ in the main clause Noun Clause subtitutes a noun in the main clause functioning as S, Object of preposition or appositive

Dependent clause usually begins by: � subordinate conjunction (contoh: after, since, when, although, because) ketika digunakan pada adverbial clause � relative pronoun (contoh: who, which, whose, whom, that) ketika digunakan pada Adjective clause � question word, if /weather, atau that ketika digunakan pada noun clause

Adjective Clause Relative pronoun and relative adverb are used in connecting dependent clause to the main clause. Relative pronoun: who, whom, which, whose, that Relative adverb: where, when, why

� Who: to modify a person as a subject � Whom: to modify a person as an object � Which: to modify subject/object thing � Whose: is for possession � Where: to relate a place � When: to a time expression � Why : to reason

examples � The person who phoned me last night is my teacher � The woman, who is very beautiful, is my sister � The manager, who comes on time, has worked for almost 10 years � Mr. Abraham, whom I admire so much, was my headmaster. � The person whom I phoned last night is my teacher

� The car which hit me was yellow � The car which I drive is old. � Mueeza is a cat which is very faithful. � The mansion, whose owner is going on holiday, has burned down. � My brother, whose phone you just heard, is a doctor. � The car, whose driver jumped out just before the accident, was completely destroyed.

reason why worry kills more people than work is that more people worry than work. � That's the restaurant where we met for the first time. � I remember the day when we first met. � There was a very hot summer the year when he was born. � The

ADVERB CLAUSE Adverb clause is a dependent clause that modifies a verb, adjective or adverb in the main clause.

� The relation of the information in an adverb clause to the main clause is shown by subordinate conjunction. � An adverb clause may come at the biginning, in the middle, or the end of the sentence. � A comma is needed when the clause is placed in the beginning of a sentence.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Subordinate conjunction for adverb clauses Clause of time: after, before, sooner, while Clause of place: nowhere, anywhere, wherever Clause of contrast/concession: although, eventhough, whereas, even if, in spite of, as the time Clause of manner: as, how, like, in that Clause of purposes: in order to, that, so that, in the hope that, in case,

examples Because Sally kissed me, I fainted Even though Sally kissed me, I fainted Sally kissed me after I fainted Even though English teachers are boring, they still need love and respect The world would be a better place if more people respected English teachers If I were you, I would listen to my English teacher because I might learn something of life altering significance.

In brief, adverbs answer questions like this. When? Where? Why? To what degree? Under what circumstances?

Noun Clause