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Hey, everybody.

I wanted to give you a brief review of clauses

for those of you who may not be 100% sure

with the different kind of clauses are and what they're

called. So we're going to look today very quickly at

independent and dependent clauses.

The first thing to remember is I do not expect

you to learn all of this today.

This is just a kn introduction to prepare you for

the lessons that will come in the next few weeks.

So in class, I mentioned independent and dependent clauses and

some of the students knew what that was.

But I don't know if all of you understood what

I meant.

So that's why I'm creating this video today.

So number one, what are independent clauses?

So independent clauses are like the adults of the clause

world. They are able to be alone.

They have everything that they need to state a clear

idea. So first of all, they can be written or

spoken alone.

They have everything they need, a subject and a verb

and also very important.

They do not have a built start.

Sorry they don't start with a conjunction are a proposition

because a lot of clauses will have a subject and

herb butts, they will start with a If it's over

the conjunction.

They are not independent.

That can't be by themselves.

So what is a conjunction?

Words like who and which.

And that and who's, for example, from the adjective cause

lesson, other conjunctions or because when, where, Um, why these

are all considered conjunctions.

And when you see them, I want you to imagine

that they are like a baby diaper.

So what that means is they change the claws into

a baby even if it has a subject you never

by itself.

So in independent cloths must have a subject and a

verb and cannot start with a conjunction.

Okay, very important.

Okay, up next we have dependent clauses.

So dependent clauses are like the babys or the small

Children of the clauses in English grammar.

So they usually starts with a conjunction.

And I say, usually because not always, as we saw

in the adjective cause lesson, Sometimes we can put a

as it applause without a conjunction.

But the majority of the time there will be a

conjunction there.

Next, they do not have enough information to be a

full idea.

They're like the extra stuff that's added to the main

idea of the sentence, right?

So, for example, if I say, um, I moved to

New Orleans, which is a creative city, which is a

creative city, is clearly a dependent clause.

It adds information to New Orleans, so the basic regular

information is the independent clause.

I moved to New Orleans.

I is my subject.

Moved is my herb.

But it's just a basic, simple idea.

There's no extra information, but if I add a dependent

clause, it's like adding spice to food.

It's extra information.

It makes it more interesting.

So think about a sentence like a meal.

If I have rice and meat, I can cook a

meal right.

It might not taste so good, though, if I don't

have the right spices.

But if I add some spice to it, it's a

tasty meal.

Just like when I added the adjective clause to New

Orleans, it made it more clear what I was talking

about, right?

Okay, so that's what dependent clauses do.

They start with a conjunction.

Sometimes they have a subject and a verb, but they

don't have enough information to be a full idea on

their own.

If I say which is a creative city, it's not

a full idea, right?

It's just a little piece of information, a little bit

of spice.

You don't want to just eat spice and not have

any meat, right?

So you need a full idea in order to make

a sentence.

And which is the creative city is not a full

idea by itself.

That's why it is a deep in that clause.

Next, they add information to help the independent clause.

Like I mentioned.

Think about it like spice.

Okay, so let's get another example of an adjective.

Claws are deep in the close.

Um, the teacher told us that we have a test

next week that we have a test next week is

actually a noun close.

It's a deepening cause.

It starts with the word that which means it is

a conjunction, and it adds information.

If I take it away and I just say the

teacher told us, um, what did the teacher tell us?

You see how it needs that extra information to be,

Ah, full understandable clear idea.

Right, the teacher told us, is a sentence.

It has a subject.

It has a verb, the teacher subject told Burb.

But we need a little extra information, and that's where

the dependent clause comes in.

So that's how those work together to make clear great

sentences. So what kinds of agita closed?

I'm not actually.

What kinds of dependent clauses are there?

Well, there are four common dependent clauses.

Adjective, noun, adverb, conditional agit of clauses are the ones

we're learning about right now.

So they add information about a now they offer extra

details so that the noun is more clear.

So when I said I moved to New Orleans, which

is a creative city, that makes it pretty clear now

you understand a little bit better, What New Orleans is,

Okay, announed clothes is like the other example I gave

you where the teacher told us that we have a

test tomorrow or fest next week.

Um, that now cause is that we have a test

next week.

That's a noun close.

Now, clauses very frequently come after speaking and thinking verse.

They usually talk about how we feel or speak birthing.

So the teacher feels that we're doing very well okay,

that we are doing very well is a no clothes

nexus. Adverse adverb clause is very frequently tell us when

ever happens or when the full sentence happens when it

is an independent clause.

When you add it to the independent close, it tells

us when the independent clause happened, for example of when

I accepted the job at you, you know, I moved

to New Orleans.

So when did I moved to New Orleans?

I added the advert close to tell you when when

I accepted the job at you.

And okay, the last kind of dependent clause is the

condition als the conditional zehr Probably the most difficult.

And if you've ever studied them, you already know what

I'm talking about because the conditional also have weird rules

with the first.

All you need to know right now is that a

conditional clause tells us when and where and why the

main sentence is true.

For example, if it ranged tomorrow, I will not go

outside. Okay, so I will not go outside is my

independent closets my main close.

And then I added that conditional statement so that you

know when I will not go outside if it rains

tomorrow. Okay, That's the basics of a conditional clause.

Once again, remember, you don't have to memorize all of

this. This is just an introduction.

The important thing is that these kinds of clauses start

with conjunctions and they add information to our main clothes

are independent clubs.

So to practice, before we wrap this up, look at

this sentence here, let's read it through.

And then we're gonna locate the clauses that are inside

of it.

So when I moved to New Orleans, which is a

creative city, I learned that music is always playing somewhere

in the city.

Step one.

Where is tthe E adjective clause?

Remember, adjective clauses come after announce.

They start with the conjunction.

What conjunctions do they start with?

Who which?

Who's that, right?

All right.

Where is our agita?

Close. If you said which is a creative city, you

are correct.

That is the adjective close.

It describes New Orleans Next.

What is the adverb clause?

Adverb clauses Tell us, win or where the main independent

cause happened a lot of the time.

They begin with the words win since before and after.

So you see a possible at her Plus, if you

said. When I moved to New Orleans, You are correct.

That is the adverb clause.

It tells us when I did the main action.

All right, so now we still have the second half

of the sentence.

I learned that music is always playing somewhere in the

city. So inside of this we have an independent clause

that is a subject and a verb ends.

We have a noun close.

Where is the now close?

If you said that music is always playing somewhere in

the city, you are correct.

That is a noun clause.

Now Calls is very frequently.

Begin with a word that, but there's others and you'll

learn about them when we get to the now closed

chapter. So what is our independent clause?

I learned Subject Burke.

Sometimes that is the end of end of clause, just

a subject in the vert.

I learned.

What did I learn?

That music is always playing?

When did I learn it?

When I moved to New Orleans, what kind of city

is New Orleans, which is a creative city?

Put it all together.

We've got a great clear sentence.

When I moved to New Orleans, which is a creative

city. I learned that music is always playing somewhere in

the city, So that's the basics of what you need

to really know about, um, the clauses themselves.

Eso, in short dependent clauses allow you to combine information

and make your ideas more clear and academic.

That's the important thing.

As we go through the chapters, we're going to learn

about the word order, the uses and how to do

these things correctly.

But also, how do you use these clauses effectively?

Because that's more important than just knowing.

Hey, that's an adjective clause.

You need to know how to use it and how

to use it well, so I have to go through

it. If you have any questions, let me know.

And be sure to go back to the email so

you could do the next step off this exercise.

Talk to guys

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