WPM

30 November, 2020

CLAUSES🎅🎅



⚛️An Independent clause can stand by itself. It is a group of words that contains a subject and verb and expresses a complete thought. An independent clause IS a sentence.
⚛️A Dependent clause cannot stand by itself. It does not express a complete thought. A dependent clause IS NOT a sentence.

 
CLAUSES

🧃An adjective clause is a subordinate clause that describes a noun or pronoun.
e.g
  • The purse that she gave me is so cute.
  • I lived in a town where everyone was tall.
 
🧃An adverb clause is a subordinate or dependent clause that modifies a verb adjective or an adverb.
e.g
  • If it rains tomorrow, we will cancel the trip.
  • Everleigh bought toys after her dance class.
🧃 A noun clause is a subordinate clause used as a noun. It can be used as a subject, a direct object, an indirect object, object of a preposition or a predicate noun.
e.g
  • I am going to buy whatever she likes.
  • He had nothing to do with what I did.