You’ll often see subordinate clauses begin with subordinating conjunctions, which are words added to link independent and dependent clauses together. Subordinate clauses can also start with relative ...

WHAT IS A SUBORDINATE CLAUSE? – this is a clause that is unable to stand alone as a complete sentence. Instead, it merely complements it’s sentence’s main clause. Moreover, because this type of clause ...

This resource provides a structured, engaging and highly practical approach to understanding main clauses and subordinate clauses in KS2, building on prior knowledge and extending pupils’ skills. It’s ...

A conjunction is a word, or words, used to connect two clauses together. A subordinating conjunction is the word/words used to link two clauses together, a main clause and a subordinate clause. The ...

Clauses are a fascinating aspect of grammar that form the very foundation of how we construct sentences. Understanding clauses is not only a key academic skill but also a gateway to unlocking the full ...

A major clause can stand on its own, whereas a subordinate clause relies on another part of the sentence and cannot stand on its own. For instance, ‘Helicopters can fly.’ This is a major clause. It ...

A clause is a group of words that include a subject, and a verb and forms part of a sentence. The presence of a subject or doer of an action and a verb and understanding is what make the construction ...

In this article, we aim to contribute to the debate about the use of subordination as a measure of language proficiency. We compare two theories of SLA—specifically, processability theory (PT; ...

Structural priming effects are stronger if there is lexical overlap between prime and target, the so-called lexical boost effect to structural priming. While abstract structural priming is ...