GRAMMAR IN CONTEXT -WORKING WITH CLAUSES

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                                                           GRAMMAR IN CONTEXT

                                                           WORKING WITH CLAUSES

A clause is a group of words containing a subject and predicate and functioning as a member of a complex or compound sentence.

 Independent and Subordinate Clauses An independent (or main clause) expresses a complete thought and can stand by itself as a sentence. A subordinate (or dependent) clause does not express a complete thought and cannot stand alone as a sentence.

For example, Jeevan studied in the college cafeteria for his exam. (Independent clause)

Some common dependent markers are: after, although, as, as if, because, before, even if, even though, if, in order to, since, though, unless, until, whatever, when, whenever, whether, and while

                                         TYPES OF CLAUSES

 The types of clauses are Noun clause, Adjective Clauses and Adverb Clause

                                            NOUN CLAUSES

 A Noun Clause is a group of words which has a subject and a predicate of its own and does the work of a Noun.

                                         ADJECTIVE CLAUSES

 A group of words which has a subject and a predicate of its own, and does the work of an adjective is an adjective clause.

                                           ADVERB CLAUSES

An adverb clause is a group of words which has a subject and a predicate of its own and does the work of an adverb. They left at daybreak They left when it was daybreak (Both sentences speak of “when” they left) The words in italics in the first sentence are an adverb phrase and those in the second are an adverb clause.

Both the groups of words do the work of an adverb by modifying the verb “left”. An adverb clause is used as an adverb to tell us how, when, where, why, how much or under what conditions something happens or takes place.

KINDS OF ADVERB CLAUSES

An adverb clause does the work of an adverb. It can be of the following kinds:

Time Place Manner Cause or Reason Purpose Result or Consequence Comparison Condition Supposition or Concession

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