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Understanding Clause Types

There are two types of clauses: independent clauses and dependent clauses. Independent clauses can stand alone as a complete sentence, as they contain both a subject and a verb and express a complete thought. Dependent clauses cannot stand alone as they rely on independent clauses, and are often introduced by subordinating conjunctions like "because" and "although". Identifying the subject and verb of each clause is important. Clauses can be combined to make more complex sentences, and writers use different clause types to add variety and depth to their writing.

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Understanding Clause Types

There are two types of clauses: independent clauses and dependent clauses. Independent clauses can stand alone as a complete sentence, as they contain both a subject and a verb and express a complete thought. Dependent clauses cannot stand alone as they rely on independent clauses, and are often introduced by subordinating conjunctions like "because" and "although". Identifying the subject and verb of each clause is important. Clauses can be combined to make more complex sentences, and writers use different clause types to add variety and depth to their writing.

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CLAUSES AND ITS TYPES

What is clause?
A clause is a group of words that contains a
subject and a verb.it can express a complete
thought or be part of large sentence

For example:
• If he got extra money, it would go in the
box
• People who take him to the king if he did
not dig the grave.
Types of clauses
There are two types f clauses
1. Independent clause (main clause)
2. Dependent clause (subordinate clause)

Independent clause
Independent clause also known as main clause and can stand
alone as a complete sentence
They express a complete thought and contain both a subject and
verb.
EXAMPLES
1. She sings beautifully
2. James likes to eat ice-cream
3. The trees leaves changed color .
Dependent clause

Dependent clauses also known as subordinate clauses, cannot stand alone


as a complete sentence.
They relay on independent clause to make a sense.

Examples
Because she sings beautiful
If you can work on Sundays
If it had been someone else
Identifying the subject

The subject of the clause is the person, place, thing or


idea that the sentence is about

Example
1. She sings beautifully, the subject is “she”
2. if it had been someone else, the subject is
“someone else”
3. As the lights were dimming the subject is “lights"
Identifying the verb

The verb in a clause is the action or state of being performed by the


subject

Examples

1. She sings beautifully, the verb is “sings”


2. If you can work on Sunday, the verb is “work”
3. As the lights were dimming, the verb is “dimming”
Identifying the dependent clause

Dependent clause are often introduced by subordinating


conjunctions “because”, “although”, “when” etc

Examples

Because she sings beautifully, she won the singing


competition.
Combining the clauses

• Clauses can be combined to make more complex sentences

Example
• She sings beautifully, and her voice captivates the audience. Here
we have to independent clauses separated by “and”.
Using clauses in writing

• Writers uses different type of clauses to add variety and


depth to their sentences.
• Dependent clauses can provide additional information such as
cause and affect, conditions or time.
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