Skill 7 Use Adverb Time and Cause Connector Correctly

   Skill 7                                                                                 Use Adverb Time and Cause Connector Correctly                                 Sentences with adverb clauses have two basic patterns in English. Study the clauses and connector in the following sentences.

1. I will sign the check before you leave
2. Before you leave, I will sign the check.

In each of these examples, there are two clauses you leave and I will sign the check, and the clause you leave is an adverb time clause because it is introduced with the connector before. 

In the first example, the connector before comes in the middle of the sentence, and no comma (,) is used.

In the second example, the connector before comes at the beginning of the sentence. In this pattern, when the connector comes at the beginning of the sentences, a                                        comma (,) is required in the middle of the sentence.