Adverb Clauses And Compound Sentences

Question 1

What is an adverb clause?

Answer 1

It is a clause with a connector, or a word at the beginning or middle of a sentence that is an adverb. This word de-completes the sentence and makes the independent clause into a dependent clause.

Question 2

What is an adverb?

Answer 2

A word or phrase that modifies or qualifies an adjective, verb, or other adverb or a word group, expressing a relation of place, time, circumstance, manner, cause, degree, etc. (e.g., gently, quite, then, there ).

Question 3

Common adverb clause connectors

Answer 3

After, although, because, before, if, since, when, while

Question 4

Common two or more word adverb clause connectors

Answer 4

Even if, even though

Question 5

How to punctuate complex sentences with adverb clauses

Answer 5

If adverb clause is first, put a comma between dependent and independent clause. If reversed, don’t put a comma.