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SPAG Monday - clauses
Clauses
8th May 2017
Phrases
When words joins together they make a phrase.
There are several different types of phrase.
Noun Phrases
A noun phrase is a group of words which tell you more about a no...
A noun phrase is a group of words which tell you more about a noun.
For example:
The eerie abandoned cottage.
Adverbial Phrase
An adverbial phrase is a group of words which function like an adverb. They tell you when, how, where something happened.
Can you identify the adverbial phrases in these sentences?
After several hours, we arrived at Grandma’s house.
The cake tasted like heaven.
I tiptoed as everyone was asleep.
Preposition Phrases
A preposition phrase is a group of words which begins with...
A preposition phrase is a group of words which begins with a preposition and ends with a noun or pronoun.
They tell you the position or location of something.
For example:
The mouse hid under the wardrobe.
Clauses
Just like phrases, there are several different types of clause.
Main Clause
A main clause contains a subject performing a verb.
Every sentence contains at least one main clause.
The main clause is the most important idea in the sentence. It expresses a complete thought and so makes sense on its own.
Main Clause
Subordinate
Clause
A subordinate clause gives extra information about the main clause.
It can come before or after the main clause but doesn’t make sense on its own.
Practise...
Relative Clause
A relative clause is a type of subordinate clause.
It gives more information about the noun in the main clause and begins with a relative pronoun.
For example:
We visited the farm where my dad works.
Relative clauses are easy to spot, they begin with when, that, where, whose, which who!!!!
Relative Clause
Embedded Relative Clause
Sometimes a relative clause will ‘split’ the main clause – this is called an embedded relative clause.
For example:
My friend Milo, who loves football, practises every night.