Name: Maryam khan

From :Media Studies

Roll no : 30
Subject: functional english
phrase

 A phrase is a group of words that deals not consists of a

subject and a verb. A phrase is a group of words without a subject-
verb component, used as a single part of speech.

Example:
Best friend (this phrase acts as a noun)
Needing help (this phrase acts as an adjective; see (Adjectives
and Adverbs)
With the blue shirt (this prepositional phrase acts as an adjective;
see (Prepositions)
For twenty days (this prepositional phrase acts as an adverb)
clause

 A clause is a group of words that consists of a subject and a verb.

Example
 He laughed.
 The guests arrived.
Independent clause
 A dependent clause cannot stand on its own. It needs an independent
clause to complete a sentence. Dependent clauses often begin with such
words as although, since, if, when, and because.
 Examples:
Although she is hungry …
Whoever is hungry …
Because I am feeling well …
Dependent Independent

Although she is hungry, she will give him some of

her food.
Whatever they decide, I will agree to.
 In English, there are two grammatical terms, that forms part of a sentence
which may or may not be meaningful. These are phrase and clause,
wherein the phrase implies a set of words, that acts as a single unit but
does not have a subject and predicate.
 On the contrary, a clause is also a group of words, which contains a
subject and a predicate. Now, let’s have a look at the examples given
below, to understand the difference between phrase and clause in a
better way:
 She lives in Gujarat, since 2012.
 I went to my home, after returning from the party, last night.
 In the first sentence, in Gujarat is just a phrase, as it does not have a
subject-verb pairing, while she lives in Gujarat is a clause, as it contains
both subject and verb. In the next sentence, I went to my home, is a
clause because it has a subject and a verb, whereas to my home and
from the party, are the phrases, as it is just a group of words, not making
any sense.