Snackable Business English -Subordinating Conjunctions

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Snackable Business English

Subordinating Conjunctions H. E. Colby

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• Conjunctions join sentences and often makes them more compact.

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Subordinating Conjunctions




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• Subordinating conjunctions provide a necessary transition between two clauses (main, subordinate) in a sentence.

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• This transition will indicate a time, place, reason, or concession and comparison.

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• Examples of Subordinating Conjunctions

Time – after, as soon as, as long as

• Place – where, wherever

• Reason – as, because, in order that

• Concession/Comparison – as if, even though, just as, though

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• Transition Example:

• The police searched the warehouse, where the robbers fled from the bank.

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• Subordinating conjunctions also make the main clause more important than the second (subordinate) clause.

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• Subordination Example:

• The police searched the warehouse [Main Clause], where the robbers fled from the bank [Subordinate Clause].

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QUIZ



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while/ as if / once / because / when

1. She behaves ___ _________ she is the Queen of England.

2. We started moving _____ he took his foot off the brake.

3. I ran _____________ I was scared.

4. Sheila will be able to drive _________ she gets older.

5. I waited ________ my mom paid for the groceries.

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1. She behaves as if she is the Queen of England.

2. We started moving once he took his foot off the brake.

3. I ran because I was scared.

4. Sheila will be able to drive when she gets older.

5. I waited while my mom paid for the groceries.

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QUIZ Coordinating Conjunctions






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H. E. Colby, author of 21 Essential English Grammar Lessons, is a seasoned English professor who has been helping her students achieve their goals several years now.


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