Adverb Clauses

Subordinate clauses can function as adverbs and then they are called adverb clauses. An adverb clause answers the following questions:

Where?
Why?
When?
How?
To what extent?
Under what condition?
In what manner?
How often?

An adverb clause is a subordinate clause that describes a verb, adjective, or another adverb. All adverb clauses start with a subordinating conjunction. Some of the most common subordinating conjunctions used for this purpose are: when, as, before, after, since, as if, as though, because, that, if, unless, whether, as long as, as soon as and as though.

Position

You can place an adverb clause in the beginning, middle, or end of a sentence.

Sections in this article

Adjectives

Adjectives placed before nouns

Adjectives placed after verbs

Adjectives without Nouns

Adjectives: order before nouns

Kinds of Adjectives

Adjectives with and

Complements of adjectives

See also

Adjective clauses

Relative clauses

Relative pronouns

Identifying relative clauses

Omission of relative pronouns

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