TimeClauses
Anadverbtimeclausetellswhentheactiondescribedintheindependentclause
tookplace.Theactionina timeclausecanoccurat thesame timeorata different
time.Beawarethatverbsintimeclausesoftentakeformsthatyoudonotexpect.
Forexample,theverbina futuretimeclauseusesa presentform,nota futureform.
Consulta grammarbooktolearnaboutthesespecialsituations.
A timeclausecancomebeforeorafteranindependentclause.
Humansconstantlyexploretheirworld becausetheyarecuriousanimals.
INDEPENDENTCLAUSE ADVERBCLAUSE
Becausehumansarecuriousanimals, theyconstantlyexploretheirworld.
Thepunctuationofanadverbclausedependsontheorderoftheclauses.Whenan
adverbclausecomesfirstina sentence,puta commaafterit.Whenanadverbclause
followsanindependentclause,donotseparatetheclauseswitha comma.
ADVERBCLAUSE INDEPENDENTCLAUSE
Cbapter 13 IAdverbClauses 211
Thesearethevariouskindsofadverbclauses.Inthepagesthatfollow, youwill
studyandpracticeeachkind.
- Timeclausesanswerthequestion"When?"
- Placeclausesanswerthequestion"Where?"
- Clausesofmanneranswerthequestion"How?"
- Distanceclausesanswerthequestion"Howfar?"
- Frequencyclausesanswerthequestion"Howoften?"
- Purposeclausesanswerthequestion"Forwhatintention?"
- Resultclausesanswerthequestion"Forwhateffect?"
- Conditionalclausesanswerthequestion"Underwhatcircumstance?"
- Contrastclausesofdirectoppositionshowhowonethingdiffers
fromanother.
- Contrastclausesofconcessionshowanunexpectedresult.
PunctuationofAdverbClauses
KindsofAdverbClauses..
