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A one-page CAPS Grade 6 English poster on main and subordinate clauses (Grammar), with the key ideas, key words and a tip to remember.
A clause is a group of words with a subject and a verb. A phrase has no verb of its own.
Zodwa sang. (clause)
in the hall (phrase)
A main clause makes complete sense on its own. It can be a sentence.
We stayed at home.
A subordinate clause depends on a main clause. It begins with a conjunction.
The match stopped because the field was flooded.
A relative clause is a subordinate clause that begins with who, which, whose or that. It gives more information about a noun.
The woman who owns the shop is kind.
Mpho sang and Zola danced.
When the subordinate clause comes first, put a comma after it.
When the bell rang, we left.
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