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Choose the Animal (Quiz)
L3B Animal Fact Sheet Derreck Sunderland 2025
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Adjective Clause I:
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Complex English Syntax
Why Incorporate Complex Sentences Into Writing To win the hearts and minds of the audience, great writers apply a wide variety of sentence types. While simple sentences have a place in writing, complex sentences modify the content and hold the attention of the audience. A sentence contains a complete thought. Thus, a complex sentence contains a complex complete thought. In addition, all complex sentences contain at least one subordinate clause. Well-written and well-placed subordinate clauses within a complex sentence transform the boring words into mind-expanding thoughts that compel the audience to read on and on. If, for example, the author begins a sentence with a subordinate clause, the reader will…
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Prepositional Phrases
Modifying Phrases A phrase is a modifying group of words without a subject/predicate pair. A phrase that modifies a noun is an adjective phrase whereas one that modifies a verb is an adverbial phrase. Phrases serve as modifiers to add content to other elements in the sentence. Four types of phrases will be discussed in this lesson, the adjective phrase, the adverbial phrase, the infinitive phrase, and the participle phrase. Think of modifying phrases as stage prompts in an act. For example: The man in the red hat laughs at the man in the clown suit. The action in this sentence is – laughs. The actor is the man, but…
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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…