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Phrases, Clauses, and Sentences

     1. The man on the bridge looked into the water.

     2.  The man who was on the bridge was fishing.

     In the first sentence the two groups of words are called phrases, since a phrase is a

group of related words that does not contain a subject and predicate.  In the second

sentence the group in italics contains a subject, who, and a predicate, was on the 

bridge.  It is called a clause.

     The first phrase acts like an adjective, modifying the noun man, so is called an

adjective phrase.  The second phrase tells where he looked, so is an adverbial phrase

modifying looked.

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     In the second sentence the clause modifies man, so is an adjective clause.  In the

sentence I know who was where, the clause is used like a noun, object of know, so is

called a noun clause.  In the sentence He came when he was called the clause is ad-

verbial.

     1.  John went to the game.

     2.  John went to the game, but James remained at home.

     3.  John, who went to the game, was late for supper.

     The first sentence has but one subject and predicate and is called a simple sentence.

The second sentence has two independent clauses (really tow sentences), and is

called a compound sentence.  In the third sentence is an independent clause, John was

late for supper, and a dependent clause, who went to the game, which modifies John.

Such a sentence is called a complex sentence.

Exercise 16

     In these sentences tell whether they are simple, compound or complex; then name

the phrases and clauses and tell what kind each is:

      1.  The floors of the house are bare, but they have on them mats of straw.

      2.  The walls that separate the rooms are made of thick screens.

      3.  What he will do is a question.

      4.  We shall not go to the game if it rains in the morning.

      5.  Many of the  houses are open to the wind, and one may look into them without

trouble.

      6.  The first settlement that was made in Virginia came in the seventeenth cen-

tury.

      7.  In cold regions, horses are small animals with shaggy hair on their bodies.

      8.  The young boy had a small engine and he equipped a small boat with it.

      9.  The old man from the country asked what was the road to New York.

    10.  The boy who tries will succeed if he strives with persistence.

    For answers to exercises, see Contents.

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