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2 Grammar Macmillan English Hub B2+ Worksheet 

Subordinate clauses
A Use the prompts to write sentences with subordinate clauses.
1 Own / lots of stuff / not make / you happy.
Owning lots of stuff doesn’t make you happy.
2 I / just / ask / Kate / what / she / do / later.

3 Have / spend / hours looking, / we finally / choose / the blue sofa.

4 You / be able to / find things / if / your room / be / tidier.

5 Mum / need / a new printer / because / hers / break / last night.

6 I / not know / that / paint / walls / be / so tiring.

7 We / pay / a local carpenter / fix / our table / last week.

8 He / offer / help / tidy up / yesterday / which / surprise / me / a lot.

B Complete the sentences so they are true for you. Read your sentences to a partner.

1 My house would be better if …

2 I’d like someone to …
3 … is easier than I expected.
4 I’m really not sure whether …
5 The kitchen is the place that …
6 Never having lived …

C Work in pairs. Roleplay a conversation between a parent and their teenager.

Parent: You want your son/daughter to clean out their room and throw away a lot of their old
things. Act as though you are walking around the bedroom and picking things up. Use subordinate
clauses to give reasons and explanations for your suggestions of what to throw away.
Teenager: You don’t think you need to clean your room and you don’t want to throw away your old
things. You follow your parent and use subordinate clauses to explain why you want to keep each
thing they suggest throwing away.

Parent: Keeping these old trainers is pointless because they don’t even fit you.
Teenager: But those are the ones that I’m going to sell to Ella when she gets back from holiday.

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