Read & Listen: Complex Sentences with Because and When
OVERVIEW
On this page, you will learn about using because and when.
- First, read the text and study the examples.
- Then, listen to audio of the text.
READ & LISTEN
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Subordinating Conjunctions - Because and When: Words like because and when are useful for talking about causes and effects. You can use because with a cause to explain the reason why something happens, or when to tell the time it happens.
Examples:
I feel stress because I am worried about money.
I cry sometimes when I feel stress.
In these sentences, because and when are called conjunctions. They join or hold together two clauses. A clause is a group of related words that has a subject and a verb. A clause is like a sentence – these sentences have two clauses, and each one is a short sentence.