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Chapter 17

Adverbial Clauses

The Williams Sisters The Williams Sisters



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Wimbledon, tennis capital of the world, may never see

anything like it again: the Williams sisters, Venus and Serena,

fighting it out in Centre Court for the womens singles

championship in !uly 2""#$ When they had met here before in

2""2 and 2""%, Serena beat her older sister both times, but not

that day as Venus showed once again that Wimbledon was her

favorite court$ Venus returned to defend her championship,

glowing with a confidence that she might not have elsewhere$

When she plays on grass, at &1' tall, she covers a lot of air and

space at the net$ After she won, there were none of Venus

usual leaps in the air because she had beaten her sister$ (ut

the )oy was there since it was clearly Venus day$



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Use an adverb clause to show time

relationships.

when = at that time

*hey had met here before in 2""2 and 2""%when Serena beat her older sister both times$

When did Serena beather older sister? In 2002 and 2003.



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relationships.

as = during that time

When they had met here before in 2""2 and 2""%,

Serena beat her older sister both times, but not todayas Venus showed once again that Wimbledon was her

favorite court$

When? Today, during the tennismatch.




relationships.

after = to introduce the action that

happened first

-fter she won, there were none of Venus

usual leaps in the air$

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1$ *he Williams sisters had played each other many times

before$ *hey met in the finals at Wimbledon in 2""#$ .when/

0ractice 1 ook at the time relationships in each pair of

sentences$ Combine the sentences into one using the words in

parentheses$

2$ Venus started to feel more confident$ She started to play

better$ .as/

%$ Serena started to get upset$ She started to lose$ .when/

+$ Venus won$ She was e3cited but kind to her sister$ .after /

$ *hey played the final singles match in the morning$ *he

Williams sisters won the doubles final in the afternoon$ .after /



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Use an adverb clause to show cause and

effect.

-fter she won, there were none of Venususual leaps in the air since she had beaten

her sister$

because

since

Because she is over &1', she can cover a lot

of ground very 5uickly$

=give a reason or e!press

a "nown cause



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Venus and Serena Williams grew up in Compton, California

in a poor neighborhood$ %ven though the tennis courts in the

parks near their home were in shabby condition, their father

took them out to practice every day$ &f the tennis courts had

any nets at all, they were made of steel 8 like a chainlink

fence$ %ven though he was still teaching himself about tennis

from books and videos, 9r$ Williams began hitting balls to hisdaughters on the city tennis courts$ Whether or not it seemed

possible to anyone else, ichard Williams taught his girls that

they would become world champions$ -nd even if his attitude

struck some people as too cocky, it turned out that he was

right; (oth of his daughters are worldclass tennis champions

today$



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%ven though the tennis courts in the parks near

their home were in shabby condition, their father

ichard took them out to practice every day$

even though < une3pected results

because < e3pected results

Because the tennis courts in the parks were in

shabby condition, most people didnt play on them$

=se even though when the results are

une3pected$



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%ven though the tennis courts in the parks near

their home were in shabby condition, their father

ichard took them out to practice every day even

before they started grammar school$

Were the courts in good condition>

6s it normal to play on courts that have

holes in the ground or dont have nets>

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Aid the Williams sister practice on the

courts anyway>

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=ne3pected result, so use even though$

=se even though when the results are

une3pected$



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#ractice )

Complete the sentences with even though or

because. *ne sentence has two answers.

+$ 9r$ Williams confidence in his daughters was )ustified

BBBBBBBBBBBBBB they both became world champions$

%$ e made the girls practice every day BBBBBBBBBBB

they were very young$

2$ BBBBBBBBBBBB he didnt know much about the sport ,their

father started reading books about tennis$

1$ BBBBBBBBBBBBB the family grew up poor, they still

dreamed of becoming world famous tennis players$

$ BBBBBBBBBBBB many people did not believe it could

happen, today the Williams sisters are world champions;

%ven though

because

Because

%ven though

even though

%ven though



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=se adverb clauses to e3press conditions$

Whether or not < neither of two conditionsmatters

Some eole thought it was ossible.

!either oinion mattered to "ichard andhis daughters.

Some eole thought it was not ossible.

Whether or not it seemed possible to anyone else,

ichard Williams taught his girls that they would

become world champions$



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=se adverb clauses to e3press conditions$

even if < a particular condition doesnt matter

-nd even if his attitude struck some people

as too cocky, it turned out that he was right;

Some eole thought his attitude was toococ#y, but it didn$t matter because he was right

in the end.



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1$ Whether or not they had to play against each other, both

girls were going to try their hardest to win at Wimbledon$

a$ *hey would only try hard if they played against eachother$

b$ *hey would try hard in every game$

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Which sentence has the same meaning .a$ or b$/>



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2$ Dven if the tennis courts are in bad shape,

well play our match$

a$ We dont care if the courts are bad$ Well playanyway$

b$ Were not going to play if the courts are bad$



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#ractice +


%$ Whether or not it rains, the tennis at

Wimbledon goes on$

a$ 6f it rains, theyll play, and if it doesnt rain, theyllplay$

b$ 6f it doesnt rain, theyll play$



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