CLAUSE VS PHRASE

Cards (7)

  • CLAUSE
    a group of related words that has a subject and predicate
  • PHRASE
    only has a subject or verb or neither
  • 2 TYPES OF CLAUSE
    INDEPENDENT , DEPENDENT
  • INDEPENDENT CLAUSE
    main clause
  • INDEPENDENT CLAUSE
    can stand alone as a sentence & can be joined to another clause.
  • DEPENDENT CLAUSE
    also called a subordinate clause
  • DEPENDENT CLAUSE
    cannot stand alone as a sentence & often use subordinate conjuction