english clauses for grades ninth and tenth
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Hey, Class!Welcome!
Aminul IslamAssistant Teacher in EnglishBandarban Govt. Girls’ High School
Introduction
Clauses
Lesson Introducing …
Clause is called the basic unit of
English Grammar.
Read the following sentences:
=>They often go to Italy because they love the food.
=> We know that Haji Mohammad Mohsin was a very kind man.
Look! Both the sentences have a connective word or conjunction. Now,
find the conjunctions that join two parts of the sentences.
Good!
A Clause means -a group of words that
includes a subject and a verb, and forms a sentence or part of a sentence.
Again, a clause is a
subject and a predicate working together.
Now, let’s see What a clause means….
Example sentence-1
In the above sentence, there is one subject, ‘I’, and one predicate, ‘took’. Since they are working together to form a comprehensible sentence, this sentence has one clause.
I took the dog to the park.
When there are two clauses-
The clause that is dependent on another clause to make a complete sense is called a Subordinate or Dependent Clause.
The Principal Clause can make a complete sense by itself. It does not have to depend on any other clause.
Example sentence -2
The sentence contains two clauses (i) We know, (ii) that Haji Mohammad Mohsin was a very kind man. Of these two, the first one stands by itself, but the latter depends on the other clause.
We know that Haji Mohammad Mohsin was a
very kind man.
1. I know where he is.2. The pen that father gave me is lost.3. He cannot do this unless you help him.4. Listen to what your teachers say.5. When you have finished you lessons, you can play
games.6. As he was kind, he used to help the poor people.7. He woke up because he heard a sound in his room.
Now, read the sentences and find the dependent and principal clause
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Pair Work
Again, a sentence having two principal clauses is
called a Co-ordinate clause.
The man is poor but he is honest.The man worked very hard and grew
tired.
Examples:
Group Work
1. This is the place. The man lives here.
2. He kept silent. I know the reason.3. He says this. It is true.
4. Mohsin was sleeping. A thief entered the room.
Combine each of the following sentences.
HOME WORK
Write ten sentences that have at least two clauses.