Answer:
clause is part of a longer sentence containing a subject and a predicate.
Examples and types of clauses:
(The 2 main types are dependent or independent)
Independent clauses are complete sentences. They can stand alone and express a complete thought.
ex:
I want some cereal.
Marie likes cats.
Joseph is a good soccer player
Dependent Clauses contain a subject and a predicate, but they do not express a complete thought.
ex:
When it is raining
Because you were late
Before you go to bed
More info on dependent clauses:
There are three main types of dependent clauses: adjective, adverb, and noun. They are named by the way they function in a sentence
adjective clause: describes or gives more information about a noun-tells us which one, what kind, or how many.
(Adjective clauses answer questions that begin with which, who, when, or what kind.)
“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”
Here, the adjective clause is describing the pronoun ‘those’ – it is giving us more information on who those people are. It begins with the pronoun ‘who’, and ‘who is the subject of the clause
adverb clause: describes or gives more information about the verb-tells us when, where, how, to what extent, or under what condition something is happening.
Example: She cried because her seashell was broken.
Noun clause: takes the place of a noun in the sentence.
What Alicia said made her friends cry
Essential and non essential clauses:
Essential clause:
Essential clauses (restrictive, or relative, clauses) includes information that is important to the meaning of the sentence.
Nonessential clause:
ex:
A nonessential adjective clause is one that is not necessary. The sentence still makes sense and you know everything you need to know even without the clause. So, you could take it out.
