Use main and subordinate clauses
Learn it simply
- A main clause can express a complete sentence, while a subordinate clause depends on another clause. 'Although the path was muddy' leaves us waiting for the main idea.
- Add 'we continued walking' to complete the sentence.
- A subordinate clause can show time, reason, condition, or contrast.
See it. Say it. Understand it.
When the bell rang, the pupils left.
We continued although the path was muddy.
More detail for teachers and confident learners
A main clause can express a complete sentence, while a subordinate clause depends on another clause. 'Although the path was muddy' leaves us waiting for the main idea. Add 'we continued walking' to complete the sentence. A subordinate clause can show time, reason, condition, or contrast. If it comes first, a comma often marks its boundary. Compare the emphasis in 'Although it was late, we stayed' and 'We stayed although it was late'. Good control matters more than making every sentence complex.
ප්රධාන වගන්තිය තනිව සම්පූර්ණ අදහසක් දෙයි; අනු වගන්තියට එය අවශ්යය. although, because වැනි පදවලින් සම්බන්ධතාව පෙන්වා වාක්යය සම්පූර්ණ කරන්න; අනු වගන්තිය මුලින් එන විට සාමාන්යයෙන් කොමාවක් යොදන්න.
Work from meaning to form. Read the first model, identify what the words are doing, and compare it with the second model. Explain the difference aloud before using the pattern in a new sentence. When checking a draft, locate the relevant word or clause and test it in its full sentence; a rule used in isolation may miss the intended meaning.
උදාහරණ දෙකේ අර්ථය හා වචනවල කාර්යය සසඳා වෙනස ඔබේ වචනවලින් කියන්න. පසුව එම රටාවෙන් අලුත් වාක්යයක් ලියා, රීතිය සම්පූර්ණ වාක්යයට ගැළපේදැයි බලන්න.
For 1123 practice, answer the particular reading or writing instruction before adding general knowledge. A short comprehension response, a selective summary, and a developed composition require different amounts of explanation. The examples here are original skill models and do not reproduce a Cambridge paper or its official marking scheme.
වැඩි විස්තර අවශ්ය විට පමණක් මෙම කොටස කියවන්න.
Practise the whole unit and receive a separate answer or model guide.
ඒකකය පුහුණු වීමට වැඩපත්ර සහ වෙනම පිළිතුරු හෝ ආදර්ශ පිළිතුරු මාර්ගෝපදේශයක් ලබාගත හැකිය.
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