1. Week 3 Main Clauses: They make sense on their own e.g. I walked home.
Subordinate Clauses: Do not make sense on their own (it is an incomplete thought/sentence) e.g. because it was a nice day.
Subordinate clauses need a main clause to make sense (complete the thought/sentence) e.g. I walked home because it was a nice day.

2. Main Clauses and Subordinate Clauses

3. Lisa is revising for her exams
Choose the correct main or subordinate clause to complete the sentence then make up one of your own:
I paid the driver
when I got on the bus
Lisa is revising for her exams
by the time the bus had left ?

4. I paid the driver when I got on the bus.

5. Choose the correct main or subordinate clause to complete the sentence then make one up of your own:
Eat at Smoky Joe’s
unless it is open.
because the food is great.
although the cat is asleep. ?

6. Eat at Smoky Joe’s because the food is great.

7. while I was putting on my hat I took my umbrella with me
Choose the correct main or subordinate clause to complete the sentence then make one up of your own:
Because it was raining,
until I had put on my hat
while I was putting on my hat
I took my umbrella with me ?

8. Because it was raining, I took my umbrella
with me.

9. it looked like warm weather.
Choose the correct main or subordinate clause to complete the sentence then make up one of your own:
the postman knocked on the
door.
Since the doorbell was
broken,
when he went around to the
back door.
it looked like warm weather. ?

10. Since the doorbell was broken, the postman
knocked on the door.

11. They stared at the pictures
Choose the correct main or subordinate clause to complete the sentence then make up one of your own:
which reminded them
so much of home.
Although he is over fifty
Even if the train was on time
They stared at the pictures ?

12. They stared at the pictures which reminded
them so much of home.

13. just as Mike reached the door.
Choose the correct main or subordinate clause to complete the sentence then make up one of your own:
Before opening the letter,
since it was addressed to her.
Sherlock Holmes studied the
envelope carefully.
just as Mike reached the door. ?

14. Before opening the letter, Sherlock Holmes
studied the envelope carefully.