group of letters forms a word—great, happy, table, butter, glass, and so on. .group of words forms a phrase or a clause. Remember Aphrose is a group of words that either has no verb or has a nonfinite verb and does not make complete sense. For example: Two pretty girls tS. Ducks swimming th the pond. LD To sail inthe ocean The old Chinese lady with the wooden lantern living oi. ground floor of our building @ above examples, you can see whether the group of words is long or short, none of them fains a finite verb and none of them makes complete sense. Such groups of words are ces, One has been done for you. i \derline the phrases in the following senten: . Ijust heard the wonderful news. 2, | bought a new blue sketch pen. 3. The tired, hungry horse rested by the roadside. 4, The evil villain laughed at the poor old people in the A lined house. Ie giraffe is a harmless. gentle tall animal.148 B. Make sentences of your own with the following piroces. DO 't JOURS 4. The tall building 2. Ripe mangoes on the trees 3. Living on the seashore Clause Inthe above examples, we can see that though there is a finite verb and a subject and predicate in each of the groups of words, none of them makes complete sense. Such groups 0 words are known as clauses. €. Underline the clauses in the following sentences. One has been done for you. 1. The clouds which covered the sky, began to pour rain. ._ | know how you can solve your problem. .. We change our clothes before going to bed . Chanakya was a man who was wise. SU eIE ERS IY ARON . This is the cow that kicked me this morning. ihe D. Make sentences of your own with the following clauses. “T) ¢ 4. The car that got smashed in the accident 2. Aman who is very poor 3. The tree that grew near our house Let us see what phrases and clauses have in common. They are both groups of words. 12 4 They do not make complete sense on ther own, -clause. phrase ; clause driven mad by the sound of my neighbour's constant practice. 08e father-in-law locked his keys in the trunk of a borrowed car. Clouse, phraré phsrosé he child dancing about the stage hopes to become a movie star. Cot usr he following paragraph: certain groups of words have been underlined. Each of these of words has been numbered. Against each number below the paragraph, write the group of words is a phrase or a clause. One has been done for you. ight shone from the window ofa flat, and quickly 2. they walked towards it. sing through the door of wood and glass, 4. the) found a cheerful crowd gathered ind a glowing fireplace. 5. A very old man and woman. with their children and their fildren's children, and another generation be ond that, all attired gaily in their holiday tire. The old man was singing them a Christmas song: 6. it had been a very old song sung n he was a boy; and from time to time 7. they all joined in the chorus. e 2, cLause 4 clause «. Clause u