Phrases and Clauses in English Grammar

Clause and phrases are groups of words that make up sentences, but clauses are complete thoughts and phrases are not.

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Phrases

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Phrases are comprised of one or more words that form a meaningful grammatical unit. They are one of the most important elements of English grammar.

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Noun Phrases

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When a group of nouns come together, they form a noun phrase. To know what is a noun phrase and how short or how long a noun phrase can be, start here!

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Verb Phrases

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It's time to learn how to identify the verb phrase in a sentence. Learning about verb phrases is essential in speaking and writing without mistakes.

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Prepositional Phrases

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What are prepositional phrases? Generally, as its name requires, prepositional phrases are phrases made of prepositions. To get to know them, read the article.

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Adjective Phrases

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Phrases are two or more words that can function as specific parts of speech. Adjective phrases are groups of words that function as adjectives.

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Adverbial Phrases

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Adverbial phrases are made of two or more words and are used as the adverb of the sentence. In this lesson, you will get to know phrasal verbs.

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Infinitive Phrases

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Infinitive phrases are phrases that look like infinitives but they are used in special positions.

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Clauses

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A clause is a group of words that has a subject and a predicate. In this lesson, we will discuss clauses in English grammar.

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Relative Clauses

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Relative clauses give us more information about people and things. They are used to combine clauses and avoid repetition. Click here to learn!

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Restrictive clauses and phrases are necessary while non-restrictive clauses are not necessary for the sentence to have a meaningful thought.

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Participle Clauses

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To get to know participle clauses, first of all, you have to be familiar with the concept of participles and clauses separately.

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If-clauses

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If-clauses are used to express that the action of the main clause. There are three types of if-clauses. In this lesson, we will discuss them.

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A perfect participle is a participle that is used with an auxiliary verb to imply a special meaning. In this lesson, you will learn about perfect participle.

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Infinitives

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Infinitives are used in many structures, especially after catenative verbs. Follow the article to learn them.

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To-infinitives

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To-infinitives are the base form of the verbs preceded by the preposition 'to'. To-infinitives are used in many conditions. In this lesson, we will learn them.

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Bare Infinitives

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The word 'bare' means without the addition of something. So you can easily get the meaning of a bare infinitive.

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Infinitive Clauses

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To learn infinitive clauses, first of all, you should know the elements in a cause and the definition of an infinitive. In this lesson, we will learn them.

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Dangling Modifiers

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Who did this? Can't you find the subject? It's probably the dangling modifiers' work! Let's see what are they.

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Phrases and Clauses

What Are Phrases and Clauses in English?

A phrase is created by a set of words used beside each other. Remember, a phrase does not contain a subject or a verb and as a result, it does not imply a complete meaning. Phrases can also be used as subjects and objects of the sentences.

A clause usually contains a subject and a verb; However, non-finite clauses do not have a subject. Clauses can be dependent or independent clauses.
By using different clauses you can also form compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences.

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Phrases and Clauses in English Grammar

Phrases

Noun Phrases

Verb Phrases

Prepositional Phrases

Adjective Phrases

Adverbial Phrases

Infinitive Phrases

Clauses

Relative Clauses

Nominal Relative Clauses

Dependent Clauses

Independent Clauses

Restrictive and Non-restrictive Clauses

Participle Clauses

If-clauses

That-clauses

Non-finite Clauses

Participles

Present Participles

Past Participles

Perfect Participles

Infinitives

To-infinitives

Bare Infinitives

Infinitive Clauses

Dangling Modifiers

What Are Phrases and Clauses in English?