Clause-The Subordinate Clause
2. Clause-The Subordinate Clause
Subordinate Clause
Subordinate Clause āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝā§āϰ āĻāĻŽāύ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ Clause (āϝāĻžāϰ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ subject āĻ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ finite verb āϰā§ā§āĻā§) āϝ⧠āύāĻŋāĻā§āϰ āĻ āϰā§āĻĨ āύāĻŋāĻā§āĻ āĻĒā§āϰāĻāĻžāĻļ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āϏāĻā§āώāĻŽ āύā§āĨ¤ āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ āĻ āϰā§āĻĨ āĻĒā§āϰāĻāĻžāĻļ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āϤāĻžāĻā§ principal clause āĻāϰ āĻāĻĒāϰ āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻāϰ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻšā§āĨ¤āĻāĻā§ dependent Clause āĻ āĻŦāϞāĻž āĻšā§āĨ¤
Example: a) I saw the boy who was crying.
b) They know that we’ll inform them the news.
c) I have a ring which is made of gold.
Note: Subordinate clause āĻā§ identify āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻšāĻ āĻā§āĻļāϞ āĻšāϞ: āĻ clause āĻāϰ āĻļā§āϰā§āϤ⧠āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāύāϤ subordinate conjunction- what, when, whom, where, whose, which, who, why, how āĻāϤā§āϝāĻžāĻĻāĻŋ WH-Words, āĻāĻŦāĻ if, as, that, till, until, no-sooner, because, so that, though āĻāϤā§āϝāĻžāĻĻāĻŋ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤āϝā§āĻŽāύ: If you come here, I shall go there. / I could not buy a computer as he did not have the required money.