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Welcome to this tutorial today we are going to have an overview of clauses.

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Let's get started.

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Now a clause is a combination of words containing a subject and a predicate.

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Have a look at the examples over here Peter goes to the gym.

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Now this is one clause.

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Peter goes to the gym after he finishes his work.

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Now there are two clauses in the sentence.

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Peter goes to the gym and he finishes his work.

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There are two types of clauses in English A.

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An independent or main clause no one independent or main clause contains a subject and a predicate and

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expresses a finished thought.

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Thus it can stand alone in a sentence.

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Have a look at the examples below.

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Pam likes drawing and painting.

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Expresses a finished thought.

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Andy is currently unemployed expresses the finished thought and both sentences have a subject and a

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predicate.

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Note that the independent clause is a simple sentence when dependent clauses within one sentence are

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absent.

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Be a dependent or subordinate clause a dependent or subordinate clause gives additional information

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to the main sentence.

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Thus it can not stand alone.

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That's a separate sentence.

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Have a look at the examples below Mr Clarkson was works are critically acclaimed has published a new

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book.

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Now this clause whose works are critically acclaimed is a dependent or a severe Nicolaus.

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And it gives us additional information about Mr Clarkson

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Larry started laughing when she saw a pug wearing a costume.

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Now when she saw a pug wearing a costume it's a dependent or subordinate clause and it gives us a bit

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more details about why she started laughing

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now.

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An independent clause forms the complex sentence together with a dependent clause.

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Have a look at the examples below.

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I'd like to know why I can't book a room at this hotel.

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The woman stood crying as people were passing by.