Clauses

ClausesПридаточные предложения

1.) Clauses of purpose. (Придаточные предложения цели)

to
in order to +V1
so as to
He is running to catch the bus.

Clauses of purpose. (Придаточные предложения цели)

so that+ can/will (в значении наст. или будущего)

She’ll stay at the office late so that she will finish the report.

so that + could /would (в значении прошедшего)

Joe joined a gym so that he could become better.

With the/a view to
+ Ving
With the aim of
He went to the bank with the aim of asking for a loan.

For+ noun/Ving form
She needs some free time for relaxing.
For fear of+sth/of doing sth/ might/should
He kept his valuables in a safe for fear of someone stealing them.

As, because, for(always comes after a comma), on the grounds that, the reason for, the reason why
As the weather was bad, he stayed at home.
Because of/Due to +noun/Ving form
The flight was delayed due to the weather conditions.
Because of/ Due to the fact that…
Due to the fact that he was ill, he couldn’t attend the meeting.

3.) Clauses of result (следствие)

That
So that
And as a result
And as a consequence, consequently (formal)
It hadn’t rained for two months and as a result the country was facing a water shortage.

Clauses of result

So/such a (an) + adj.+ noun+ that

They are such nice people that everybody likes them.
Mr. Abbot is such a good teacher that all his students love him.

Such a lot of + noun

He had such a lot of work to do that he had to cancel our dinner plans.

So + adj (adv) + that
They were talking so loudly that the librarian asked them to leave the library.
There was so much traffic in the street that it took us an hour to drive home.

As a result
Therefore + that
Consequently
So
We couldn’t find a room to book in that hotel and therefore we had to look elsewhere.