Transcription of Sentence Vocabulary
1 Sentence VocabularyPhraseA group of words that work a big dog five minutes agoNB A phrase doesn t make complete sense on its own. As it doesn t have a verb, it can t be a complete Sentence . Clause A group of words that work together and include a the boy won the raceThere are two kinds of clauses (see below)Main clauseA clause that makes complete sense on its own. she bought a new dressA main clause can be a Sentence on its clauseA clause that doesn t make sense on its own it needs to be joined onto a main when she went shoppingA subordinate clause cannot be a Sentence on its sentenceThis is made up from just one It was sentenceThis is made up from two or more main clauses.
2 These clauses can be joined using and', 'but' or 'so'. It was late but I wasn t the clauses are equally 1 Sentence VocabularyComplex sentenceThis is made up from a main clause and one or more subordinate The man limped because his leg hurtRearranging complex sentences clauses can appear in different positions in complex She took her dog with her wherever she went. Wherever she went she took her dog with her. Rose, who was a greedy girl, ate five clauses can take on the job of a noun, an adjective or an is the name for any word that links clauses or sentences are two main groups of connectives:Conjunctions and Connecting AdverbsConjunctionsConjunctions are words that are used to link clauses within a but ifThere are two main kinds.
3 Co-ordinating conjunctions link two main clauses to make compound and, but, or, soI was angry but I didn t say conjunctions - go at the start of a subordinate clause so they work to link the subordinating clause to the main when, while, before, after, since, until, if, because, although, thatWe were hungry when we got 2 Sentence VocabularyConnecting adverbsConnecting adverbs link the ideas in two sentences together but the two sentences still remain adverbs link ideas in several different also, furthermore, moreoverOpposition however, nevertheless, on the other handReinforcing besides, anyway, after allExplaining for example, in other words , that is to sayListing first(ly), first of all, finallyIndicating result therefore, consequently, as a resultIndicating time just then, meanwhile, laterCommas are often used to mark off connecting was angry.
4 However, I didn t say 3
