This document discusses different types of subordinate clauses in English, including time clauses, purpose clauses, result clauses, and concession clauses. It provides examples of each type of clause and explains how they are used to subordinate one clause within a main clause. It also discusses present participle sentences and the different linking words that can be used to introduce subordinate clauses, such as "so" for purpose and result clauses.

1. Use of subordinate links
For this, a subordinating link is usually used,
which allows the subordinate clause to be
inserted within the main one, anchored to it. In the
latter, the subordinates are distinguished from
the rest of the compound sentences.
For example: in the compound sentence "Today
we saw my cousin, the one I was talking about
yesterday", the link allows us to subordinate "the
one I was talking to you about yesterday" to
"Today we saw my cousin". Note how the
subordinate cannot exist without the main one,
since it would totally lose its referent.
Time clauses in English (also known as
Time Clauses) are phrases that tell us
when or at what moment an action or
a group of actions occurred. For
example:
She will not go to school until it stops
raining. / She won't go to school until
it stops raining.
Subordinate
clauses
Time
ING clauses Reason Purpos
Result
Concession
Present participle sentences are formed by
adding the suffix or ending (-ing) to an
infinitive verb. They are used in the following
cases: As a continuous form in tenses,
expressing that the action carried out still
continues. Example: : – I am waiting for them –
I am waiting for them
The so-called "Adverbial
clauses of purpose" are a type
of subordinate clauses that will
help us to explain the purpose
or purpose of what is described
in the main clause. In Spanish,
it's something as simple as:
I yelled so he could hear me.
The "Adverbial clauses of result"
(consecutive subordinate clauses) are
those that will serve to express the
result of the action indicated in the
main clause.
The main linkers used to introduce this
type of sentences are the following:
So + clause : I was exhausted, so I went
to bed at 9 p.m -
I was very tired, so (as a result of being
tired) I went to bed at 9.
Concessive subordinate
structures can determine the
utterance at various
performative levels. This study
deals with the concessive
determiners of the event
represented in the statement
Links of the verbs
They are invariable words that are used to join
or relate other words, phrases or complete
sentences. For example: but, and, although.
Depending on the type of relationship
established between the elements they link,
the links can be:
Coordinating links.
subordinate links
Elaborado por: Diosymar Suarez