CLAUSE vs PHRASE Whats the difference Learn with examples quiz

clause phrase in this lesson will go through the difference between clause and phrase clause clause is group of words that contains subject and verb there are many different types of clauses but the two main types are independent and dependent an independent clause makes sense on its own as sentence for example went to school as you can see from this example there is subject and verb and it conveys complete thought the second type is dependent clause dependent clause doesn't make sense on its own as sentence for example although wasn't feeling well as we can see from this example the clause doesn't convey complete thought and we would require more context to understand it therefore we can add an independent clause to complete the sentence like this although wasn't feeling well went to school so here we have dependent clause followed by an independent clause dependent clauses usually begin with subordinating conjunction there are many different types of subordinating conjunctions for example because when if although since etcetera phrase phrase is group of words without subject-verb component there are different types of phrases depending on which element the phrase acts as now will go through five common types of phrases noun names person place thing or idea an example of noun phrase is best friend verb verb is an action word or state of being an example of verb phrase is was working an adjective describes noun or pronoun an example of an adjective phrase is very pretty an adverb modifies verb adjective or another adverb an adverb tells us how often how where or when an example of an adverb phrase is really slowly lastly preposition describes place time or direction an example of prepositional phrase is in the bin now test your knowledge by identifying whether each of the following is clause or phrase remember to look for the subject verb component if it's clause is it dependent or independent if it's phrase then what type of phrase is it you can pause the video here so you have time to think about your answers here are the answers the big dog this is noun phrase because the phrase focuses on the dog which is noun she went to the park yesterday this is an independent clause because there is subject she and verb went this clause makes sense on its own as sentence therefore it's an independent clause had been studying this is an example of verb phrase on the shelf this is prepositional phrase because it's focusing on the position if you finish your homework this is dependent clause because the clause is incomplete and doesn't make sense on its own there's also subordinating conjunction which introduces the dependent clause although you can't see me can see you in this example we have two types of clauses there is dependent clause followed by an independent clause remember dependent clause usually begins with subordinating conjunction in this example the subordinating conjunction is although comma is used to join the dependent clause with the independent clause she is talking on the phone now this is an independent clause when you cross the road this is dependent clause as the clause doesn't make sense on its own and we require more information to understand it very beautiful this is an adjective phrase as it focuses on the adjective beautiful on the 15th is an example of prepositional phrase you