Welcome to this tutorial.
Today we're going to talk about adverb clause.
Let's get started.
Remember that are dependent or a subordinate clause gives additional information to the main sentence.
Thus it can not stand alone as a separate sentence.
Have a look at the example over here.
When she comes back home after a long day at work she likes to take a bath.
Now the dependent or the subordinate clause is when she comes back home after a long day at work.
And it's used to give us additional information about the main sentence.
She likes to take a bath
now an adverb clause is a dependent clause that modifies an adjective an adverb or a verb or a phrase
providing additional information.
Have a look at the example below.
Give me a call when you get home.
Now the adverb clause in the sentence when you get home modifies the verb phrase.
Give me a call
note that an adverb clause can begin with words such as after because since until when etc. It's in
the examples below.
We were at the beach when it started raining.
Mike is running every day as he is going to run a marathon in a month
now an ad for a class can be placed at the beginning end at the end of the sentence without a change
in meaning.
Now make sure to use a comma If the clause is placed at the beginning of the sentence.
Have a look at the examples below.
You should brush your teeth before you go to bed before you go to bed.
You should brush your teeth.
There is no change in meaning but the adverb clause in the first sentence is placed at the end.
And in the second sentence the adverb clause is placed at the beginning and a comma is used.