Adverb Clauses (aka, www.asia.buuba) (With me, Mrs. Cannon)

Adverb clauses begin with one of the following words:

When

Where

As

While

Since

If

Although

Unless

Because

Until

Before

After

We call it www.asia.buuba because that is what the first letter of each word would

spell out if we were to make it an acronym.

When

Where

As

While

Since

If

Although

Unless

Because

Until

Before

After

We use adverb clauses all of the

time. For example… After school, I want to buy a

coffee at Starbucks.

After is one of the words in

www.asia.buuba, so it is an adverb clause.

After school, I want to buy a

coffee at Starbucks.

Remember, since it is a clause, we have to join it to a sentence. Otherwise, it does not make sense.

After school.

Here is another example… I should buy a

scone while I am there.

While is on our list, so it is an

adverb clause. I should buy a scone while I am there.

Even though “I am there” is a sentence by itself, it still needs

to be joined to a sentence if we use

“while.”

While I am there.

Have more questions about adverb clauses? Just

let me know!