PHRASE
IT IS A GROUP OF WORDS WHICH MAKES SENSE. BUT, NOT
COMPLETE SENSE. IT HAS NO SUBJECT AND PREDICATE. (VERB)
(Eg) 1. WE SHOULD KNOW HOW TO BEHAVE (PHRASE)
2.
SHE IS A WOMEN OF GREAT DUTY (PHRASE)
3. THE SUN RISES IN
THE EAST (PHRASE)
CLAUSE
IT IS A GROUP OF WORDS BUT, IT IS ONLY A PART OF A
SENTENCE. IT HAS A SUBJECT AND A VERB, BUT, STILL IT DOES NOT MAKE COMPLETE
SENSE.
Eg. 1. I
DONOT KNOW WHERE HE LIVES ? (CLAUSE)
2.
WE SHOULD REMEMBER GOD WHEREVER WE GO (CLAUSE)
TYPES OF SENTENCE
THERE ARE THREE KINDS OF SENTENCE.
1.
SIMPLE SENTENCES
2.
COMPOUND SENTENCES
3.
COMPLEX SENTENCES
I.
SIMPLE SENTENCE:
IT SHOULD HAVE A
PHRASE AND A MAIN CLAUSE. IT IS CALLED SIMPLE SENTENCE.
1.
BEING LATE I MISSED THE BUS.
2.
ON HEARING THE OVER BELL THEY RUSHED
OUT.
II. COMPOUND SENTENCE:
IT SHOULD HAVE A
TWO MAIN CLAUSE AND WITH CO – ORDINATING CONJUCTION WORDS. (BUT, AND, OR)
1. HE
IS WEAK.BUT, HE ATTENDS THE CLASS.
2. THE
NEWSPAPER ARRIVED AND AT ONCE WE SAW THE RESULTS.
3. YOU
SHOULD LEARN GRAMMAR OR YOU CANNOT WRITE GOOD ENGLISH.
III.COMPLEX SENTENCE:
IT SHOULD HAVE A SUB
– ORDINATE CLAUSE AND A MAIN – CLAUSE. SUB – ORDINATE CLAUSE START WITH BEFORE, BECAUSE, AS, IF, SINCE, THOUGH, ALTHOUGH, EVENTHOUGH,
UNLESS, WHEN, WHAT, WHERE, HOW, THAT
EG: 1. THOUGH SHE STUDIED WELL SHE
COULD NOT GET FIRST MARK.
2.WHEN HE ARRIVED THE PEOPLE GAVE HIM A WARM WELCOME.
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