Subordinating Conjunctions (use these to start an adverb clause)
since when although
while before because
until so that after
just as as if
even though whenever unless
while before because
until so that after
just as as if
even though whenever unless
PATTERN 8 Open with an Adverb Clause
- When subway trains pull into a station, their doors stay open for several minutes.
- Because passengers drop crumbs, pizza crusts and food, pigeons looking for a quick lunch walk onto the trains.
- Since the pigeons don’t like riding on the trains, they scurry off the trains at the next stop.
- Although the pigeons clean up much of the spilled food, they leave behind a bigger mess on the floors.
- As the trains pull out of the stations, they make a strange high-pitched noise.