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CLAUSES
CLAUSE
a group of words with a subject and a verb.
TWO KINDS OF CLAUSES :
INDEPEDEPENDENT CLAUSES
DEPENDENT CLAUSES
INDEPENDENT CLAUSE Has a subject and a verb Can stand by itself as a complete
sentence
EXAMPLE:The ice melted.
Mr. Smith arrived at the airport early this morning.
We must find a new strategy.
I play basketball.
•SOME SENTENCES CONTAIN TWO OR MORE INDEPENDENT CLAUSES.
For example:Mr. Smith arrived early this morning, but I didn’t meet him.
We must find a new strategy, or we will lose our advantage.
I play basketball, George plays baseball, and Fred plays tennis.
DEPENDENT CLAUSES functions not as a sentence but as a
part of speech (a noun or an adjective or an adverb). Therefore, it cannot stand alone as a sentence.
It is attached to some part of an INDEPENDENT clause.
THREE TYPES OF DEPENDENT CLAUSES: Noun clauses
Adjective clauses
Adverb Clauses
NOUN CLAUSES
act as simple nouns and identify persons, places, things, etc.
THEY ARE INTRODUCED BY WORDS SUCH AS:
howif that what when
where whether
which who
whom whomeverwhose why
A NOUN CLAUSE AS THE SUBJECT OF A SENTENCE:
What he had to say to us was incredible.
Where we slept is not worth mentioning.
A NOUN CLAUSE AS THE OBJECT OF A SENTENCE:
I don't know which one is best
Tell me whose car you are driving.
ADJECTIVE CLAUSES give information about nouns (people,
things, places, etc.) They appear after the noun or pronoun
they modify and usually begins with RELATIVE PRONOUNS such as:that, which, who, whom or whoseor sentences with a RELATIVE ADVERB such as:before, since, when, where, or why
As a Subject
e.g. Pavarotti, who sings at the
Metropolitan Opera, is a tenor.
As a Direct Object
e.g.Someone broke the window that I
recently fixed.
As an Object of a Prepositione.g.
This is my aunt of whom I have spoken.
As an Adjective
e.g.I have a friend whose witty remarks
amuse me.
ADVERB CLAUSES dependent clause that modify verb,
adjective, adverb or verbal.
It does this by pointing out where, when, in what manner, to what extent, under what condition, or why.
Modified Verb
We called because we were worried about you.Because Monna loved Michael, she refused to believe that he had deserted her.
Modified Adjective
Lee appeared confident as she took her exams.
Modified Adverb
The movie ended sooner than we expected.