Notes on "At the Half Moon Café"

Connecting words

Conjunctions are used to connect thoughts. A close look at the conjunction in a sentence tells you about the relationship between the independent clauses. Conjunctions to look for include
and, but, or, nor, yet, so, for

• He drinks a glass of wine and looks up now and then at all the people. ("and" indicates he does both at the same time)
• She is quite hungry, yet she reminds herself that it will soon be dinner time. (with "yet" the second thought restricts the first one; the meaning is similar to "however")
• I work right near here, but this is my first time here. ("but" contradicts what you might assume from the first thought)

Noun clauses that begin with question words

A noun clause is used as a subject or object in a sentence, and consists of a subject and verb. Noun clauses can be introduced by the question words
who, what, where, when, why, how, which, whom, or whose

• I can't believe how crowded it is in here.
• Do you know what time it is?
• What I want to know is why Louise is eating so late in the afternoon.

Notice that you don't use question word order in a noun clause (which would be "How crowded is it?"). The subject always comes before the verb.

Expressions: meeting someone

• My name's Carl.
• Nice to meet you.
• I'm Louise.

Expressions: saying goodbye

• I'll see you around.
• Take care!