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General
English Level 4 V 3
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1. Adverbial clauses of concession
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Claudia thinks the Backstreet Boys haven't got
good voices but she still thinks they are good performers. These
two ideas are opposite - they contrast. She uses, "
Although
"
to start a clause that contrasts with the main clause.
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Jackie thinks the dancing was fun but she also
thinks that sometimes it wasn't very good. These ideas contrast.
She uses
even though
to start
a clause that contrasts with the main clause.
Although they haven't got the best voices
and
even though they looked a little unsure
at times
are
adverbial clauses of concession
.
We use
adverbial clauses of concession
when we contrast two
ideas in a sentence.
We can use
conjunctions
although
,
even though
,
though
and
while
to start adverbial
clauses of concession.
while
is quite formal. We don't use it very much in everyday conversation.
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When we put the adverbial clause before the main
clause, we need to put a comma after the adverbial clause.
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2. Adverbial clauses of manner
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Jackie compares the singing of the Backstreet
Boys to robots. She uses
like
to describe the way they sang.
"
like they were robots
"
is an
adverbial clause of manner
.
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Jackie compares how the girl looked to someone
who was going to faint. She uses
as though
to describe how the girl looked.
"
as though
she
was going to faint
" is an
adverbial clause of
manner
.
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Jackie compares the way the Backstreet Boys sang
to the noise of someone in pain. She uses
as
if
to describe how they sounded.
"
as if they were in pain
"
is an
adverbial clause of manner
.
We use
adverbial clauses of manner
to talk about the way
someone does something.
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After we use
as if
or
as though
we sometimes use
the past to talk about the present. We use the past because the
idea is not real.
This is like the second conditional.
They sing
as if they were robots
.
We also sometimes use '
were
' instead of '
was
' . For
example, I felt
as if I were flying
.
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