1. Clauses and Phrases
If you are at this station, clauses and phrases were part of your most missed. The following activity, will help you master this skill.

2. Clause: a group of words that contains a verb and its subject.
Do not rush through these definitions and examples. Take notes in you RL comp. book

3. Ex. My mother drove me to school.
My mother drove me to school, but my brother rode his bicycle.
Independent Clause: expresses a complete thought and can stand by itself as a sentence.

4. You might see these words at the beginning of a dependent clause.
That
Which
Who
Whom
Whose
After
Although As
As if
As long as
As much as
As soon as
As though
Because
Before
How If
While
Wherever
where
In order that
Since
So that
Than
Though
Unless
Until
When
Whenever
Ex. It the dress is too long, I will have to hem it.
The new food that the veterinarian recommended is good for our hamster.
Dependent/Subordinate Clause: does not express a complete thought and cannot stand by itself as a complete sentence.

5. Phrase: a group of related words that is used as a single part of speech and that does not contain both a verb and its subject

6. Prepositions In On
Under
For
Next
Among
Between
Beside
Near
Into of
Ex. I was walking under the umbrella.
Next to them, my brother is eating.
Prepositional phrases: includes a preposition, the object of a preposition, and any modifiers of that object.

7. Ex. To succeed is my goal. She tried to win
infinitive PHrases: a verb form that can be used as a noun, an adjective, or an adverb. They start with to.