What is a clause?

Objective

After studying this lesson you will understand what is a clause and how it is used in the formation of sentences.

Introduction.

When a clause works as an adverb it is called the adverb clause, when it works as a noun it is called the Noun clause and when it works as an adjective it is called an adjective clause. You should know how to identify nouns, adjectives, or adverbs.

Recapitulation

A noun is the name of a word which tells about person, place, or thing, adjective tells about noun and adverb tells about verb, adjective, or adverb. A clause is a group of words, a part of a sentence that conveys the sense and has its subject and predicate. We should examine what work is being done by clause.