CHAPTER -3

THE PHRASE AND THE CLAUSE:-

7.Examine the groups of words in italics in the following sentences:-

1. The sun sets in the west.

2. I must start in a short time.

3.I shot an arrow into the air.

4.It lies beneath my window.

>)These groups of words make sense,but not complete sense.They  have

no Subject or Predicate of their own.Such groups of words are called PHRASES.

>)A group of words that makes sense,but not complete sense,is called a PHRASE.

8.Examine the groups of words in italics in the following sentences:-

1.God helps those who help themselves.

2.This is the beggar whom we saw yesterday.

3.I know what she wants.

(*) Here (who help themselves) is a sentence,because it has a subject(who) and a

     Predicate(help themselves).

(*) Similarly ,(whom we saw yesterday) is a sentence,having a Subject(we) and a

     Predicate(saw yesterday).What she wants is

(*) also a sentence,because is has a Subject(she) and a Predicate(wants).Such

     groups of words are called CLAUSES.

A group of words which forms part of a larger sentence,and contains a subject

and a predicate,is called a CLAUSE.

Exercise 6.Say whether the groups of words in italics in the following sentences

are phrases or clauses:-

1).This is the house where he lived.---?

2).Make hay while the sun shines.---?

3).Strike the iron while it is hot.----?

4).Show me how to do it.---?

5).It was a scene of great beauty.---?

6).He did it for my sake.---?

7).He worked for three hours.---?

8).The snow has fallen without a sound.

9).People who are selfish are disliked by all.--?

10).Her virtue won her respect.--?