 A clause is a group of words that can act as a
sentence, but is not necessarily a complete
sentence on its own.
 Contains both subject and predicate.
 Predicate always contains a verb.
 Predicate tells something about what the
subject is doing.
 Predicate shows the completion of the
sentence.
 School closed(“school” is the
subject while “closed”
is both the verb and
the predicate).
 They studied for the test(“they is the subject.
“studied for” is the predicate).
 A phrase is a group of words that does not
have a subject and verb combination and
does not form a predicate.
 It contains a noun or a verb but does not
have a subject or a predicate.
 After seeing the Minar-e-Pakistan
 Eating an Apple
 Buying a new phone

Phrase,clause and predicate

  • 2.
     A clauseis a group of words that can act as a sentence, but is not necessarily a complete sentence on its own.  Contains both subject and predicate.  Predicate always contains a verb.
  • 3.
     Predicate tellssomething about what the subject is doing.  Predicate shows the completion of the sentence.
  • 4.
     School closed(“school”is the subject while “closed” is both the verb and the predicate).  They studied for the test(“they is the subject. “studied for” is the predicate).
  • 5.
     A phraseis a group of words that does not have a subject and verb combination and does not form a predicate.  It contains a noun or a verb but does not have a subject or a predicate.
  • 6.
     After seeingthe Minar-e-Pakistan  Eating an Apple  Buying a new phone