Prime Time 6, Coursebook mit Audio-CD und DVD

G Conditional clause: present simple Main clause: modal auxiliary If you really want to go on the world trip, you must try to save some money. Conditional clause: present simple Main clause: imperative If you are serious about that plan, start to give up some of your expensive habits! Conditional clause: past perfect Main clause: conditional If you had accepted the job my dad had offered you, you’d be earning a lot of money now. Don’t use the “will” future , the conditional or the conditional perfect in conditional clauses. Remember to put in a comma if the conditional clause is the ”rst part of the sentence. If the conditional clause is the second part of the sentence, you don’t need a comma. Sentences with adverbial clauses ere are adverbial clauses of time , reason , condition , etc. ese adverbial clauses add extra information to what is said in the main clause. ere are a number of typical conjunctions that can be used with the di‡erent adverbial clauses. Sentences with adverbial clauses Before the American Revolution broke out, there were few links between the Thirteen Colonies. • Adverbial clauses of time Conjunctions: when , as , a†er , while , as soon as , before , until/till , since Neighbouring colonies were often hostile to each other because they quarrelled over territory and trade. • Adverbial clauses of reason Conjunctions: as/since , because Although the population of the Thirteen Colonies was only 2.5 million in 1775, the population was increasing fast. Britain wanted the colonies to pay higher taxes, whereas the Thirteen Colonies wanted representation in Parliament. • Adverbial clauses of concession or contrast Conjunctions: although/though/even though , while/whereas The American rebels might have lost the War of Independence if the French had not helped them. • Adverbial clauses of condition Conjunctions: if , even if , unless At the end of the war the Americans drafted a democratic constitution so that their newly won liberties would be protected. • Adverbial clauses of purpose and result Conjunctions: so that , so/such … that Linking sentence parts with gerunds and participles Gerund constructions Gerunds instead of subordinate clauses Before deciding to move to America, many emigrants had suffered hardship and persecution in their home countries. On arriving in the promised land, they immediately looked for jobs. • You can use a gerund aer before , on , for , a†er and in spite of . • ese gerund constructions are used instead of subordinate clauses: Before deciding … . = Before they decided … . On arriving … . = When they arrived … . G9 G10 180 Grammar Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv