adverbial clauses of concession: _ Adverbial clauses of concession are use to express ideas or action that are not expected.. The informationin the independent clause indicates a concess
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7 adverbial clauses of concession:
_ Adverbial clauses of concession are use to express ideas or action that are not expected The informationin the independent clause indicates a concession or un expected result of something described in the independent clause
_ Adverbial clauses of cocession introduce an element of contrast into a sentence and are sometime called “contrast clauses’ In this type, the information in the first clause is the derect opposite of the information in the second clause of the sentence
_They are introduced by the following conjuctions: although, eventhough, considering, though, even if, even though, whether, or, while, where as, what ever, how ever, whom ever, no matter how…
_ These answer the question “even htough what?”
Example:
She never complainted though the work was hard
Although he had een prevented from studying by illness, he passed the exam
What ever may happened, he remains impatient
Nottice:
_ However combines with numerous adjectives and adverbs:
However urgly she is, I also love her so much
_ No matter can combine with question work( who, when, where,…) to introduce clauses of
concession:
Nomatter who he is, I will visit him
_ Compounds with_ever can introduce clauses of concession in the same way as no matter:
whatever I say, I seem to say the wrong thing
_ Using may informal style in place of the present after all conjuctions introducing clauses of cocession:
Trang 2Whatever you may think, Im going ahead with my intention.
_As and though can be used after some adjectives, adverbs to introduce clauses of concession in
formal style:
Beautiful though the car was, we thought it was expensive
8 adverbial clauses of comparition:
_These answer th question;
Compared with what?
How?
_Adverbial clauses of comparision followed by or implying in relation to or compared with They involve the use of:
As+ adjactive/ adverb+ as
He is as tall as his brother (is)
Not as +adj/ adv + as
My pen is not as/ so beautiful as yours
Adj +er than
She is prettier than her sister
More+ adj/ adv+ than
He is more intelligent than his sister
Less+ adj/ adv+ than
John is less rich than Peter
The….The
The richer you are, The more friends you have
Haft/ tiwce/ three time as+ adj/adv+ as
Your dress is tiwce expensive as my
As/ so much+ noun+ as
As/ so many+ noun+ as
He makes as many mistakes as I do
Trang 3She has so much many as Mary.