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‘Handcuffed’ is the past participle and introduces the phrase which also functions as an adjectival phrase qualifying the noun ‘ ...

Looking at adverbial phrases Like adverbs, adverbial phrases answer the questions: how? when? why? where? They have goneto Franc ...

The train hurtledthrough the tunnel. Time The play finishedat ten o’clock. She workedafter lunch. The train lefton time. Looking ...

‘... to play tennis’ is theobjectof the sentence. It is also an infinitive phrase. Her ambition wasto write a novel. ‘... to wri ...

Looking at prepositional phrases. A prepositional phrase begins with a preposition. In the following sentences the prepositions, ...

cases theyhaveto be kept together or the sense is lost. Some examples are: clear off clear up fall over fly away kick off jump u ...

Subject, finite verb and complement The trickle of water (subject) became (finite verb) a deluge (complement). Phrase, subject, ...

(The teacher shouted) and (the class fell silent). (Jane may go to the party) but (you will remain at home). (You will do your h ...

after although as because before if since that though unless until when while The conjunction can go between the two clauses. (T ...

Adverbial clauses of time An adverbial clause of timewill indicatewhen an event happened. Remember that itmustcontain a subject ...

‘... once a bomb had been dropped’ and ‘I left my bag’ are both adverbial clauses of place linked to the main clauses by ‘where’ ...

Sandra is being compared with her sister. Adverbial clauses of degree Anadverbial clause of degree will indicate the degree to w ...

Adverbial clauses of condition An adverbial clause of conditionindicates the conditions under which something will be done. If y ...

Using relative pronouns Relative pronounshave a similar function to conjunctions. They link subordinate clauses to main clauses. ...

Main clause: The house... was now occupied. Subordinate clause: (The house) had been empty for years The boy, whose trainers had ...

This is the boywho I gave the moneyto. In this case ‘who’ is used instead of ‘whom’ and the preposi- tion ‘to’ ends the sentence ...

The door is described as being locked. The adjectival clause is ‘... was locked’. The subject ‘door’ is ‘understood’ and the rel ...

She bought a dress, which needed some repair, from the charity shop. Checklist ◆ Each clause must contain a subject and a finite ...

XXswere singing. The flowers were smiling. Helen felt XXsglad to be alive. (d) The old lady put her hand on the shelf. It collap ...

terrorists had been hiding. He had gone there because a meeting had been arranged with the leader. If he had stayed in his hotel ...