Definition of phrase,clause and predicate with examples.

2.  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.

3.  Predicate tells something 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 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.

6.  After seeing the Minar-e-Pakistan
 Eating an Apple
 Buying a new phone