CLAUSES

What is a clause?
types of
clauses
→INDEPENDENT CLAUSES:
Juliana quickly ate her lunch.
→DEPENDENT CLAUSES:
if you want to succed in life.
 →Subject
The main →Verb
elements of →Object
clauses Direct object
Indirect object
→Predicative
She left her friend
Subject predicative
delighted with a
Object predicative
smile on her face
→Adverbial
yesterday.
Obligatory adverbials
Optional Adverbials
 →Adjectival dependent clauses
Roles of
I took a Maglev train,
clauses which runs on magnets.
→Adverbial dependent clauses
While she took a nap, I
studied for my math exam.
→Noun dependent clauses
I will have what you are
having.