Subordinating Conjunctions for intermediate learners
Subordinating conjunctions joins subordinate or dependent clauses to the main or independent clauses. To know all about these tricky grammatical words, click!
What Are Subordinating Conjunctions?
A subordinating conjunction joins an independent (main) clause to a dependent (subordinate) clause.
Why Do We Use Subordinating Conjunctions?
Subordinating conjunctions are used to indicate:
- Condition
- Time
- Place
Conditional Conjunctions
Conditional conjunctions are used to link two sentences in a cause-and-effect relationship, where one event or condition must happen before the other can occur.
Here are some of the most common conditional conjunctions of English:
Here are a few examples:
They are not getting married
Time Conjunctions
Time conjunctions are words or phrases used to indicate the relationship between two events or actions in time. Here are some of the major time conjunctions:
Here are a few examples:
I will call you
Conjunction of Place
Conjunctions of place are used to describe the relationship between places or locations. This is the main conjunction of place in English:
Check out the examples:
I like
Review
Subordinating conjunctions are used to link an independent clause to a dependent clause. they are categorized into three groups.
- Time conjunctions
- Place conjunctions
- Conditional conjunctions
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