main and subordinatinh clauses

• Main and independent clause

  Can form sentences on their own
• Subordinate and dependent clause

  Can't form sentences on their own
• Types of conjunctions

  • Coordinating
  • Correlative
  • Subordinating
• Subordinating conjunctions include: because, although, since, until, while to introduce a dependent clauses
• Subordinate clauses are headed by subordinating conjunctions
• Finite verb

  Agrees with the subject, expresses tense, number, person
• Infinite verb

  Doesn't agree with subject, can be used in different function of a sentence
• Subordinate clauses lack a finite verb and contain non-finite verbs instead
• Verb phrase

  Contains the obligatory lexical verb and one or more auxiliary verbs
• Verbless clauses are a separate piece of information outside of an existing unit