1. Introduction to Clauses

CLAUSE: A clause is a group of related words what has a subject and a verb. There are two kinds of clauses: independent clause and dependent clause. INDEPENDENT CLAUSE: An independent clause is a complete sentence. It has a subject and a verb. It is also known as a main clause. DEPENDENT CLAUSE: A dependent clause is not a complete sentence. It cannot stand alone in a sentence without being joined to an independent clause. ADJECTIVE CLAUSE: An adjective clause is a dependent clause that modifies a noun. It describes or gives more information about a noun. An adjective clause is the same as a relative clause. ADJECTIVE CLAUSE PRONOUNS: An adjective clause pronoun connects the dependent clause that is the adjective clause, to the independent clause. Examples of an adjective clause pronoun are: who, whom, that, which, and whose.