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To begin, every sentence has a subject and  predicate: 

 

1) The subject tells who or what the sentence is about: underlined words are subjects

The restaurant is popular, The lobsters are fresh, My friend loves lobster.

         

2) The predicate tells what the subject is or does: underlined words are predicates

The restaurant is popular, The lobsters are fresh, My friend loves lobster. 

 

1)       The Main or Independent Clause   

expresses a complete thought and can stand alone as a sentence

 

Examples: underlined words are independent clauses

            I met the boy   who had helped me.
            She is wearing a shirt  which looks nice.
            The teacher asked a question   but no one answered.
            He takes medicine   because he suffers from fever.
            He became angry   and smashed the vase into pieces.

 

2)       The Subordinate or Dependent Clause

does not express complete thought and depends on the Main Clause to                                                     complete a thought. A sentence having a subordinate clause must have a main clause.

 

Examples: underlined words are subordinate/dependent clauses

            I met the boy   who had helped me.
            She is wearing a shirt  which looks nice.
            The teacher asked a question   but no one answered.
            He takes medicine   because he suffers from fever.
            He became angry   and smashed the vase into pieces.

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