Clauses

Edu-Primes

8/5/2024

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00:00Hi friends, today we will learn what are clauses, so let's start.

00:11We have already learned that phrases are group of words that does not make complete sense.

00:18Also, phrase is not a predicate of a sentence.

00:24Phrases can be subject, part of a subject, or part of predicate.

00:30There are five types of phrases.

00:34Noun phrase, verb phrase, prepositional phrase, adjective phrase, and adverbial phrase.

00:43Today we will learn what are clauses.

00:49Clause is a group of words that have both subject as well as predicate, but it is part

00:55of a sentence, not an individual sentence, but yes, it can stand as an individual sentence

01:03unlike phrases.

01:07Phrases can never stand as individual sentence, so phrase does not make complete sense, but

01:16clause make complete sense, but still it is part of the sentence.

01:22Here we have a sample sentence, I am feeling very thirsty since long.

01:30Here subject is I, and rest of the sentence is predicate that is telling something about

01:38I.

01:40There are many phrases in this sentence.

01:44Since long is a phrase, very thirsty is a phrase, am is a phrase, and feeling very thirsty

01:55is a phrase.

01:57All these phrases does not make complete sense, and they do not form the predicate.

02:04Now which one is clause here?

02:07A part of sentence that makes complete sense and has both subject and predicate is a clause

02:15like I am feeling very thirsty.

02:19This part of the sentence has both subject as well as predicate.

02:25I is a subject, and am feeling very thirsty is the predicate.

02:32It makes complete sense.

02:35So this part of the sentence is a clause, it's having both subject and predicate, but

02:42still it's a part of this sentence, so it's a clause.

02:48So let's revise the difference between the phrase and clause.

02:55Phrase is a part of sentence that does not form the complete sense on its own.

03:02It cannot stand as an individual sentence.

03:06It can be part of the subject, it can be a subject, or it can be a part of the predicate.

03:15And clause is a part of the sentence that makes complete sense.

03:21That is, it is having both subject as well as predicate, but it is a part of the sentence.

03:30But yes, clause can stand as an individual sentence.

03:37Now let's see more example of clauses.

03:41She is having fun in the party.

03:45This is a sentence, and we have to find out the clause in this sentence.

03:52She is having fun.

03:54In this part of the sentence, it's forming complete sense, it is having subject as well

04:01as predicate.

04:03She is a subject, is having fun is the predicate.

04:09So this part of the sentence, she is having fun, is a clause that is having both subject

04:16as well as predicate, and can stand as an individual sentence, but it's a part of this

04:23sentence, so it's a clause.

04:27Now let's see phrases in this sentence.

04:32Is having fun is a phrase, and in the party is a phrase.

04:40Here we have another sample sentence.

04:44A.N. is the cutest boy in the whole class.

04:49Here A.N. is the subject, and rest of the sentence is predicate.

04:56Now let's find the clause in this sentence.

05:00A.N. is the cutest boy.

05:03This is a clause, as this part of the sentence forms complete sense, and can stand as an

05:10individual sentence.

05:12A.N. has a subject, and is cutest boy is the predicate.

05:20So A.N. is the cutest boy is a clause in this sentence.

05:25And if you see phrases, the cutest boy is a phrase, and in the whole class is a phrase.

05:35Now we know what are phrases and clauses.

05:39Now we have some group of words, and we have to identify whether it's a clause or a phrase.

05:47I am going.

05:50Here subject is I, verb is going, predicate is am going, so it's formed complete sense.

06:02So it can be a clause or a sentence.

06:07We are going to the park.

06:10Here subject, we, going, verb, are going to the park, predicate, so it forms complete

06:20sense.

06:21It is having both subject as well as predicate, so it can be a clause or a sentence.

06:30Subject, none, verb, none, so it's a phrase, and it's a prepositional phrase that is beginning

06:40with a preposition to.

06:44He is having fun.

06:47He is a subject here, having is the verb predicate, is having fun.

06:55It's a clause or a sentence, that is it can be an individual sentence or it can be a part

07:03of a sentence as a clause.

07:06For park, here no subject, no verb, it's a phrase, also it's a prepositional phrase as

07:16it starts with a preposition for.

07:20With toy, this group of words have neither verb nor subject, so it's a phrase, and it's

07:29an adverbial phrase, and it starts with an adverb with.

07:36My cat, here subject is my, but there is no verb, so it's a phrase, and it's a noun phrase

07:47as the main word in this phrase is a noun.

07:52Excellent student, no verb is here, just a subject, excellent student, it's a phrase,

08:01and the main verb is student here, so it's a noun phrase.

08:09Here, no subject, no verb, so it's a phrase, and the main word here is very, so it's an

08:18adverbial phrase.

08:22He is doing his job, here subject is he, verb is doing, predicate is, is doing his job,

08:33so it's a clause, that is, it is making complete sense, it can stand as a standalone sentence

08:42or can be part of a sentence, so it's a clause.

08:48Very well, no subject, no verb, so it's a phrase, and the main word here is very, which

08:57is an adverb, so it's an adverbial phrase.

09:03Very fast, again an adverbial phrase, they are having lunch, here subject is they, verb

09:14is having, predicate is, are having lunch, so it's a clause.

09:22So friends, we learned about clauses and phrase, now let's revise once, a phrase does not have

09:31both subject and the verb, but it can be a subject, it can be a part of subject, it

09:39can be a part of predicate, but it cannot be a predicate and does not make complete

09:45sense, a phrase cannot stand as an individual sentence, and on the other hand, clause has

09:54both subject as well as verb, it forms complete sense on its own, it can stand as an individual

10:03sentence and it also can be a part of sentence, now you may go ahead and take a quiz to learn

10:10more, bye bye.

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