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Subordinating Conjunctions for intermediate learners

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Subordinating conjunctions joins subordinate or dependent clauses to the main or independent clauses. To know all about these tricky grammatical words, click!

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Subordinating Conjunctions in English Grammar

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:

  1. Condition
  2. Time
  3. 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:

If you go out with your friends, you will be happy again.

They are not getting married unless she finds a job.

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 when I get there.

After changing my clothes, I went to the party.

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 where I was born.

Where he goes, there is always a problem.

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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