English Grammar Lesson 3
The Phrase and the Clause 
Look at the group of words "at the airport."
It makes sense, but not complete Sense. Such a group of words, which makes
sense but not a Complete Sense, is called a Phrase.
Thus, we can say
A Phrase is a group of words that makes some sense but not complete sense.
For examples:
1) an exciting movie.
2) in the park.
3) of great importance.
4) how to do it.
5) into the Pond.
In the following sentences, the group of words in bold
are Phrases.
1) The tops of the
mountains were covered with snow.
2) last night I watched an exciting movie.
3) The Child fell into the Pond.
Note: 👉Every group of words Cannot be called a phrase. A phrase must make some sense.
For example,
has fine---- not a
phrase
fine beaches - a
phrase.
Now question arises: - How we can differentiate a sentence from a phrase?
A Sentence has a verb, in other words we can say. There must
be a verb in a sentence. Whereas, there may or may not be a verb in a phrase.
Now another Question arises: - How can we turn a phrase into a sentence?
We can turn a phrase into a sentence by adding some words (verb) to it because there can't be a sentence without a verb.
For example:-
1) He is waiting (verb) for me at the airport.
2) Humpty Dumpty sat (verb) on a wall.
Exercise
Some phrases are given in the box below. Add them to the
following sentences.
|
Over
the fence, in his car, into the pool, with a knife, at night, in a
burrow, in the sky, at dawn. |
1) Mr.Sharma goes to his office in his car.
2) She cuts the fruits with a knife.
3) The stars twinkle in the sky.
4) The man dived into the pool.
5) The thief jumped over the fence.
6) We started our
journey at dawn.
7) A rabbit lives in a burrow.
8) Bats come out at night.
A Clause
Look at the group of words in red ink in the following sentences.
She has an anklet of gold.
She has an anklet which is made
up of gold.
We can say the first group i.e of gold is a phrase.
The second group of words, unlike the phrase of gold,
contains a Subject (which) and a predicate (is a made up of
gold).
Such a group of words which forms part of sentence and c ontains
a subject and a predicate or verb, is Called
a Clause.
Let's Summarise
Ex: Rahul laughed in
the class.
Clause Phrase
In Short we can say,
|
A Phrase
has No Subject + No Verb
|
Whereas,
|
A Clause has Subject + Verb |
NOTE: 👇To learn more about The Subject and the predicate Click on
the link given below
https://freecbsea.blogspot.com/2023/12/lesson-2-subject-and-predicate.html
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