Phrases and Clauses

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.

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!

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.

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

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

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.

Gerunds are words derived from verbs that act as nouns. All gerunds include a verb and -ing. In this lesson, we will learn more about them.

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

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

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

Nominal relative clauses are used as different parts of speeches and act as a noun or a noun phrase. Click here to learn more!

Dependent clauses are clauses that cannot form sentences on their own. In this lesson, we will learn all about dependent clauses.

Independent clauses can stay alone and they are used as a whole meaningful sentence. In this lesson, we will learn about them.

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

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

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.

We have two types of clauses in English that are introduced with 'that.' One kind is a noun clause. The other one is the restrictive relative clause.

Non-finite clauses are based on to-infinitive and participles. They are actually subordinate clauses. Let us learn all about them.

A participle is a word that is formed from a verb and is used to make compound verb forms. We have 2 kinds of participles: past and present participle.

Present participles are one of the key features of English language. It is a form of verb that ends in '-ing.' In this lesson, we will learn more about them.

The past participle is the third principal part of a verb that is most commonly known to be used with tenses. In this lesson, we will learn all about them.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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