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Sophisticated Sentences

Sophisticated Sentences. Clauses can provide more information in a sentence . Look at this sentence:. The children started talking. Here is another piece of information that could go in the sentence:. They started talking when the teacher went out.

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Sophisticated Sentences

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  1. Sophisticated Sentences

  2. Clauses can provide more information in a sentence. Look at this sentence: The children started talking. Here is another piece of information that could go in the sentence: They started talking when the teacher went out. The sentence can be reworked to include that piece of information.

  3. Main clause... The children started talking when the teacher went out. … then subordinate clause

  4. Subordinate clause When the teacher went out, the children started talking. … then main clause

  5. Addition clause... The children, when the teacher went out, started talking. … where the subordinate clause is dropped in the middle of the main clause.

  6. Look at this sentence: Billy wanted to go on holiday. Here is another piece of information that could go in the sentence: He wanted to go because he was fed up with the British weather. The sentence can be reworked to include that piece of information.

  7. Main clause... Billy wanted to go on holiday because he was fed up with the British weather. … then subordinate clause

  8. Subordinate clause Because he was fed up with the British weather, Billy wanted to go on holiday. … then main clause

  9. Addition clause... Billy, because he was fed up with the British weather, wanted to go on holiday. … where the subordinate clause is dropped in the middle of the main clause.

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