CLAUSE - PHRASE DIFFERENCE - discussion-cum-quiz
How to distinguish a clause from a phrase?
Ans: Phrase is just a group of words. Clause has two additional components. 1. A subject; 2. a predicate, particularly a verb.
EXAMPLES
Phrase: They stopped the battle at Sunset.
Clause: They stopped the battle when evening came.
'Evening' is the subject in the clause. 'Came' is the verb in the clause. These two are in addition to the main subject 'they' and the main verb 'stopped'.
Is this sentence a complex sentence?
Ans: You are right. We have a main clause and one or more subordinate clauses in a complex sentence.
'They stopped the battle' is the main clause, because it has a completed meaning. 'When the evening came' is the subordinate clause, because the meaning is incomplete.
QUIZ
Identify whether the following are phrases/clauses and if so what type.
1. Money lenders thrive wherever they go. ANSWER.
2. Where you start is not as important as where you finish . ANSWER.
3. Govern a family as you would cook a small fish; very gently ANSWER.
4. Those who stand in the middle of the road , may be run over. ANSWER.
5. Nothing can survive on the Venus . ANSWER.
6. The court is like a palace built of marble . ANSWER.
7. A stitch in time saves nine. ANSWER.
8. Bill Clinton enjoyed playing saxophone. ANSWER.
9. I know that I can no longer smoke. ANSWER.
10. Do whatever you can. ANSWER.
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