This document introduces clauses and conjunctions. It defines finite and non-finite verbs, and explains that finite verbs agree with subjects and indicate tense while non-finite verbs do not. It also defines simple, compound, and complex sentences. Simple sentences contain one clause and one finite verb. Compound sentences contain two or more principal clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction. Complex sentences contain one principal clause and one or more subordinate clauses joined by a subordinate conjunction. The document provides examples of each sentence type and lists common coordinating and subordinate conjunctions.

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2. Clause and
Conjunctions: An
Introduction
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3. A.Verbs:
From clause analysis point of view, Verbs
are of two kinds.
1.Finite verbs
2.Non-finite verbs
3.Finite Verbs- Verbs agree to their subjects,
can tell the tense of the sentence.
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4. 1.Non-finite verbs- verbs do not
agree to their subjects and we
can’t identify the tense of the
sentence with the help of
these verbs.
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Examples:
He likes to play cricket.
They want to see you.
Mohan wanted to resign.

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B-Types of Sentences:
1)Simple Sentence
2)Compound Sentence
3)Complex Sentence

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1.Simple Sentence- The sentence
which has a subject and a
predicate and the predicate has
only one finite verb is called a
Simple sentence.

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Examples:
1-She writes a letter.
2-You played cricket.
3-We are teaching English.
4-He will have been sleeping.

9. •5-We like to play basketball.
•6-He wanted to visit you.
•7-He went to market and bought
a book.
•8-Ram and Shyam are friends.
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10. •Conjunctions: Those words
which are used to join two or
more than two words or
sentences are called
conjunctions.
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11. •These are two types:
•Co-ordinate conjunctions-
•And, but, yet, still, so, therefore,
or, else, otherwise, either……..or,
neither……….nor, not only…..but
also, both…….and, not only …….as
well etc.
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12. •Sub-ordinate conjunctions-
•As long as, so long as, before, after,
when, as, while, till, until, as soon
as, no sooner …….than,
hardly…….when, since, because, as,
so that, lest, if, unless, even if,
so…that, such….that, though,
although, as…..as, so…as, that,All
wh words, etc.
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13. •Clauses – when two or more than two
simple sentences are combined using a
conjunction, we create a new type of
sentence
•For example:
•We worked pretty hard.
•We could not succeed.
•We join these simple sentences with the
help of a conjunction “But”
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14. We worked pretty hared but we
could not succeed.
What are these parts of this sentence
called?
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15. We worked pretty hard
but we could not succeed.
A clause A clause
A clause is a group of
words that contains a
subject and a verb.
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16. •Types of clauses-
Principal clause
Co-ordinate clause (beginning with co-
ordinate conjunctions)
•
Sub-ordinate clause (beginning with a
sub-ordinate conjunctions)
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2-Compound Sentence= Principal
clause+ co-ordinate clause (beginning
with co-ordinate conjunctions)
He should come on time else
he will be marked absent.
Principal
clause
Co-ordinate
clause
Compound sentence

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3-Complex sentence =
principal clause+ sub-
ordinate clause (beginning
with a sub-ordinate
conjunction)

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As soon as the teacher enters the
class, the students stand up.
Sub-ordinate
clause Principal
clause
Complex sentence

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By Hare Ram Joshi
(Varishtha Adhyapak)
Govt.H.S.School,Paganvisi,Gwalior
Mobile no.--9826208009