grammar
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Adverbial Clause and Subordinate Conjunctions
An adverbial clause is a subordinate clause that modifies a verb in the main clause or another subordinate clause. It answers questions like when, where, why, or how. The adverbial clause begins with a subordinate conjunction. The following table lists some more common subordinate conjunctions. although only if as provided that as if since as long as so as much as supposing as soon as that as though than because though before till by the time unless even if until even though when if whenever in order that where in case whereas in the event that wherever lest whether or not now that while once Consider the…
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Adjective Clause
Please review the lesson on Types of Sentences An adjective clause is a subordinate clause that modifies a noun, pronoun, or gerund used as a noun in the main clause or in another subordinate clause. for example, in the sentence: The car that John just bought is expensive. The car in question is not just any car, or any expensive car. It is the car that John just bought. Thus, the subordinate clause, that John just bought, modifies the noun, car, in the main clause. A complex sentence has one main clause and at least one subordinating clause. The above example is a complex sentence because it contains one main…
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Adult TEFL
Derreck Sunderland: Updated May 06, 2025 Younger Children Naturally Learn Their Native Language Children acquire their native language when they begin to understand simple phrases. Adults talk to children with baby talk. Soon, the children begin to babble the sounds of their simple thoughts. As children mature, they absorb the basics of the spoken language and begin to coherently express their thoughts. Without learning grammar, children begin to use words, phrases, and simple sentences to communicate logical and complex thoughts. This is their native language, also known as the mother tongue. They assume that their native language is the only way to communicate. These assumptions are not learned but acquired.…