MAHENDIRAN GLOBAL ENGLISH

MAIN AND SUBORDINATE CLAUSES IN COMPLEX SENTENCES. AUTHOR: MAHENDIRAN V ---------------------- Is it important that a learner of English language must know about the clause or clauses? Whether it is important or not is not a matter but if one knows about clauses he can be very good at communicative English on both spoken and written. What is clause? A bunch of words being under rule and expresses a thought is known as clause. Every meaningful sentence is a clause. There are two types of clauses such as MAIN and SUBORDINATE. A main clause shall stand alone whereas a subordinate shall not stand alone unless it is linked with a main clause in a complex sentence. Complex sentence means that a construction done by the combination of a main clause and one or more than one subordinate clauses. Let's drill as a game to identify which is main and subordinate by framing some complex sentences constructed by main and subordinate clauses. 1. If you have a smart education this world wi...

 

Enjoy with sentences by using CALL as phrasal verbs. Mahendiran V  ------------------------- Call  (Ask someone to come, Dial, Invite, Address) Call him, I need his signature in the form. Please Don't call me over phone after 10 P.M  We are always calling him only his nic name. India is called as Bharath sa a classical name.   If you call police for your issues, you must need evidence for the incidence. ------------------------- Call on  (Pay visit, Visit in person) Call on our office at 10 A.M tomorrow along with your original documents. The candidates those who are in the final round ought to call on in the main hall at 11 O' clock anti meridiem. ------------------------- Call at  (Stop for a while) The ship called at in the pearl harbour owing to order of the president. All buses call at nearby bus stations due to employees' strike.  ------------------------- Call in  (Enlist, Seek one's help) It's better you call in the concerned unit to solve...

I THINK AND WRITE. 01 What is grammar in a complex sentence? One of the best ways to develop your communication skills yourself is that to know to construct complex sentences at various situations. "While an eagle can pick a deer that is more weight than the eagle, why is it impossible to pick your small goat that is roaming here and there on the street?" This is a kind of complex sentence.  Do you know how many sentences have been spinned here? Let's drill grammar a bit to get the solution. "Why is it impossible to pick your goat?" - is a main clause. Others all are subordinate clauses.  "While an eagle can pick a deer" - is an adverbial subordinate clause.  "That is more weight than the eagle" - is an adjectival subordinate clause.  "That is roaming here and there on the street" - is an another one adjectival subordinate. You have to know here that a bunch of sentences those are being together with proper connections with each oth...