The focus of PSAT prep #5 will be on one aspect of recognizing sentences: how do you know a group of related words with a subject and a verb is still not a sentence? It is not a sentence when it begins with a subordinating conjunction or a relative pronoun. For now, the focus is on the former; later on the latter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
PSAT prep 5<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Subordinating conjunctions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
after, although, as, as if, because, before, even though, if, how, in order that, rather than, since, so that, than, that, though, unless, until, when, where, whether, while, why<\/p>\n\n\n\n
These words subordinate<\/em>, or make dependent, the group of related words with a subject and verb that comes after it.\u00a0 For example, \u201cUntil<\/em> she completes reading for at least forty minutes a day for her reading log, Fatima cannot go to sleep.\u201d\u00a0 The clause \u201cUntil<\/em> she completes reading for at least forty minutes a day for her reading log\u201d cannot stand alone because the thought is incomplete.\u00a0 The thought is complete when the sentence is complete by adding \u201cFatima cannot go to sleep.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Now, restate the above lesson in your own words and compose at least five sentences using the subordinating conjunctions above to show that you understand the lesson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The focus of PSAT prep #5 will be on one aspect of recognizing sentences: how do you know a group of related words with a subject and a verb is still not a sentence? It is not a sentence when … Continue reading