the different between Phrases,clauses and Sentances

1. PHRASES,CLAUSES
AND
SENTENCES
BY HENOK.N.SHIHEPO
BACHELOR OF ENGLISH
ENGISH SYNTAX 2017
Namibia University of Science and Technology

2. WHAT ARE PHRASES?
• Phrases are parts of sentences that do not have a
finite verbs.
• E.g. Once upon a time …….
• Phrases can take different forms

3. FORMS OF PHRASESE ARE…
• Noun phrase: e.g. A tube of toothpaste.
• A verb phrase: e.g. ……have done……
• Prepositional phrase .e.g. …over the bridge.

4. What are clauses
• These are the parts of a sentence with a subject
and a verb that has a tense.
• E.g. Not everyone agrees with me.
• … because I love you.

5. TYPES OF CLAUSES
• Independent clauses are clauses that can stand
on their own and map complete ideas
• E.g. Not everyone agrees with me.
• Dependent clauses are clauses that can not map
complete ideas on their own.
• They relay on the independent clauses to map
complete ideas
• E.g. … because I love you.

6. What is a sentence
• Is refers to an organized structure of words that
maps sound to meaning.
• The basic unit of language which expresses a
complete thought.
• It does this by following the grammatical rules
of syntax.

7. Types of sentences
• A simple sentence has the most basic
elements that make it a sentence: a subject, a
verb, and a completed thought.
• E.g. Chilly waited for the bus .
• Can a dependent clause be a sentence?

8. Types of sentences con…
• A compound sentence refers to a sentence
made up of two independent clauses connected
to one another with a coordinating
conjunction
• E.g. Chilly waited for the bus, but the bus was
late.

9. Types of sentences con…
• A complex sentence is made up of an
independent clause and one or
more dependent clauses connected to it.
• E.g. Chilly realized that the bus was late while he
waited at the bus stop.

10. Take me home!!!
Sentence
Clauses
Dep..clause Ind..clause
Phrases
phrase’s forms

11. references
Alexander, LG(1992), Longman English
Grammar ,Longman : New York.
Bloor, T.,Bloor,M.(2013),The functional analysis
of English(3rded.).London: Routledge.