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• Example
The sentence, "When it rained they went inside" consists of two clauses: "when it
rained" and "they went inside."
Types of Clauses
• Main Clause or Independent Clause.
Example
Example
• Noun Clause
• Adjective Clause/ Relative Clause
• Adverb Clause/ Adverbial Clause
• Conditional Clause
• Comparative Clause
• Verbless Clause
• Complement Clause
Noun Clause
A noun clause is a dependent clause that takes the place of any noun in the sentence,
whether they are subjects, objects, or subject complements.
Example
Example
Example
• I will watch that movie with you as long as you promise that I will not get bored.
• Since I trust you to take care of it , we will adopt a dog today.
• You may have dessert as soon as you finish your dinner.
Conditional Clause
A conditional clause is a type of adverbial clause that states a hypothesis or condition,
real or imagined. It's made up of the if-clause and the main clause.
Example
Verbless Clause
The verbless clause is a structure containing no verb element at all (either finite or non- finite),
usually having a covert subject, but containing other expressions which can be identified as a
part of predicate (subject complement or adverbial).
Example
• Good morning
• Happy Birthday
Complement Clause
A complement clause is a dependent clause that completes the meaning of a noun,
adjective, verb, or preposition. It starts with conjunction known as complementizer. A
complement clause is essentially a noun clause, and a complementizer is nothing but a
subordinating conjunction that starts a noun clause.
Example
• Mary saw what the man dropped.