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Are you stuck with sub-ordinate clauses and confused by commas?

Then you've come to the right place. I'm going to go over commas, sub-ordinate clauses, main clauses, antonyms, indirect speech and direct speech.

Commas:

You use commas when you want to split a sentence up.

The man,who was wearing a smart suit, walked down the street.

In lists.

I have got to get:

bananas, apples, bread and milk.

You NEVER EVER put a comma before the and at the end of a list.

Sub-ordinate Clauses:

These types of clauses are parts of a sentence that doesn't make sense on its own. For example,

We went skiing in the holidays, it was very fun.

The sub-ordinate clause is, "it was very fun". It wouldn't make sense if some one came up to you and said "it was very fun."

Main Clauses:

These are exactly the opposite to sub-ordinates as they do make sense on their own. E.g.We went skiing in the holidays, it was very fun.

The main clause is "We went skiing in the holidays" as it would make sense if someone came up to you and said that.

You could also have a split main clause. E.g. The man, who was wearing a smart suit, walked down the street. The main clause is "The man walked down the street" the sub-ordinate clause is "who was wearing a smart suit"

Antonyms:

These are quite simple, as they are words that are opposite. This means words like unlucky and lucky, unhappy and happy and disorganised and organised.

Indirect Speech:

This is also really simple. If someone said "I like toast" and someone else said "So do I" that would be direct speech, but indirect speech would be, she said she liked toast, he agreed.

Direct Speech:

If you read about indirect speech then you would know roughly what direct speech is. It's when you quote exactly what someone says in the same order as they said it (you MUST include speech marks) E.g. "Your homework is set on Mymaths" said the teacher.

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