Identifying clauses

2. Types of Subordinate Clauses

3. Types of Subordinate Clauses

A subordinate clause can do the job of other clause elements.
It can work as subject, object, complement and adverbial, as in these examples:
• Subordinate subject clause: What you say is stupid.
• Subordinate object clause: I did not know that you were here.
• Subordinate adverbial clause: Come round when you're ready.

An adverb clause begins with a subordinating conjunction--an adverb that connects the subordinate clause to the main clause. The subordinating conjunction may indicate a relationship of cause, concession, comparison, condition, place, manner, purpose, result or time.

Subordinate Adjectival clauses: A familiar type is the relative clause, introduced by a relative pronoun (who, whom, whose, that, which), as in
these examples:
• Here is the woman (whom) I married.
• This is the book (which) I am reading.
• The drink (that) I most like is orange-juice.

Subordinate Adjectival clauses: A familiar type is the relative clause, introduced by a relative pronoun (who, whom, whose, that, which), as in these examples:
• Here is the woman (whom) I married.
• This is the book (which) I am reading.
• The drink (that) I most like is orange-juice.