Phrase and clause
Phrases and Clauses are the most important part of English grammar to understand. It could be useful to strengthen your speaking.
Phrase:
A phrase is a group of words that works together in a sentence but does not contain a subject or a verb. Often phrases are used for descriptions of people, things, or events.
Examples:
- in the morning (prepositional phrase)
- singing a song (verb phrase)
- the big red car (noun phrase)
- very happy (adjective phrase)
Clause:
A clause is a group of words that includes a subject and a predicate.
The predicate is the verb that is used to indicate what the subject is doing or what is being done to the subject. It is also called simple sentence. Clauses can be categorised as independent or dependent. An independent clause is a clause that can stand alone as a complete sentence, while a dependent clause cannot. A dependent clause is also called a subordinate clause and it is usually introduced by a conjunction like 'although','because' and so on. It provide some additional information but can't make a sentence alone.
We use clauses to form sentences or parts of sentences.
Examples:
- The cat mewed.
- His car broke down at the station.
- The girl laughed loudly.
- I met him.
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