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1. Clauses in English Grammar
A PowerPoint presentation by: Mrinal Ghosh
PGT (English)
Directorate of Secondary Education, Govt of Tripura (India)
With Bengali meanings
Covering,proposedNCERTsyllabus,2020onwards

2. Clause
A Clause is a group of words that contains a finite verb,
expressed or understood. (A phrase doesn’t contain a finite verb)
Clauses are of three kinds:-
• Principal Clause (প্রধান বাক্াাংশ যা ননজেই স্বাধীন)
• Subordinate Clause (অপ্রধান বাক্াাংশ যা অজন্র উপর ননর্ভ রশীল)
• Coordinate Clause (সাংজযাগ মূলক বাক্াাংশ)

3. Clause
A Principal Clause is an independent Clause and a
Subordinate Clause depends on a Principal Clause.
Example:
We waited until he came.
Principal Clause SubordinateClause

4. Clause
I know that the boy I know the boy The boy is honest and
is honest. who is honest. I know it.

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চজলা এবার আমরা Subordinate Clause এর শ্রেণী নবর্াগ গুনল শ্রেন িঃ

6. Clause
Subordinate Noun Clause:
A Noun Clause is used in a sentence in the same way as a noun
may be used.
• As a Subject
• As an object
• As an object to a Preposition
• As a Complement, and as an appositive

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8. Clause
An Adjective Clause or Relative Clause is used as an Adjective to
qualify a Noun or Pronoun or it denotes relation to a Noun or
Pronoun.
The Noun or Pronoun with which the Adjective Clause is related is
called its Antecedent.

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• So

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An Adverbial Clause is used as an Adverb to modify a verb, an
Adjective, another Adverb etc. and usually denotes (i) time, (ii) place,
(iii) cause or reason (iv) effect or result (v) extent (vii) manner (viii)
comparison (ix) contrast (x) condition (xi) purpose etc.
অর্থাৎ Adverbial Clause বাক্যে Adverb এর মক্ া Verb, Adjective বা অন্ে কযান্
Adverb কয modify যক্র এবং সাধারণ সময়, স্থান্, যারন্, ফল, পররমাণ, ধরন্, ু লন্া,
ববপরর ে, শ থ বা উক্েশে কবাঝায়

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Co-ordinating clauses (in Compound sentences):
Co-ordinating clauses are independent clauses or of the same
order or rank. A compound sentence must have two or more
Co-ordinating Clauses (Principal Clause/ Main clause).
The Co-ordinating clauses are joined by Co-ordinating
Conjunctions or connectives.

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Different clauses with the same linker
• That:
1. I know that he is honest. [Noun Clause- object to ‘know’]
2. I know the boy that stole the book. [Adj.Cl– qualifying ‘boy’]
3. We read that we can learn. [Adv.Cl– modifying ‘read’ for purpose]
• Where:
1. I know where he lives now.[Noun clause– Object to ‘know’]
2. I know the place where he lives now. [Adj.Cl– qualifying the noun ‘place’]
3. We shall go where he comes. [Adv.Cl– modifying the verb ‘go’]

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• When:
1. I know when he will come back. [Noun Cl– Object to ‘know’]
2. I know the time when he will come back. [Adj.Cl– qualifying the noun time]
3. We shall go where he lives now. [Adv.Cl– modifying the verb ‘go’]
• Why:
1. I know why he looks so sad. [Noun Cl– Object to ‘know’]
2. I know the reason why he looks so sad. [Adj.Cl– qualifying noun ‘reason’]
**Find some examples of Who, Which, Whether in this series of examples.
**There are also some Principal Phrases and Non-finite clauses, which you can find in
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