Phrases and Clauses in English – What’s the Difference?

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I am homeschooling my kids and have been totally at a loss regarding phrases and clauses. You are the only person to have ever made sense of this and I applaud you!!! Thanks a million!

terrio

James,
you said a phrase has a verb or a noun and you showed some phrasal verbs, but what about “turn on the volume”? it has a verb & a noun (volume) . You wrote “pick it up”, well in this case “pick” is a verb and “it” is a subject noun, so it’s also a noun.
And you said a clause has a verb and a noun.
So please, could you tell me if the two examples I gave you are phrases or clauses?

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hi james how are u? thanks for the lesson you made me understand about the different of phrases and clauses.and now can u tell me more about noun, adjective, and adverb clauses. thank you so much.

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Great! now where’s the quiz?

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Brilliant, helps sentences make sense. Need more lessons on clauses please.

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Hi james, is it correct saying “I liked shopping when I was there”

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hej can you make a lesson with clauses of purpose ????

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hi mir. James you are really agood teasher and I like the way you teash. howevertry to do more videos on all claues please.thank you so much

chawish

Mr. James thank you very much for your great explanation. I love it what a nice explanation. Now I clearly understand the difference between phrase & clause.
MR. James would you Please! correct My Grammar if some mistake in this sentence. thanks again & God Bless!

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can we get exercise for that lessons .

Awesome

James,thanks for the explanation. I would very much appreciate if you explain about phrases and clauses in terms of noun clauses and phrases and so on.

Niabella

hi.. thts a nice persentation, but excuse me to say that i disagree to the point of CLAUSE.. wht i learned about it is.. it’s a sentence tht has S n V ty very much, i hope u dont mind it.. good luck.. i love this website

mulan

please check again about CLAUSE, ty

mulan

please check again the clauses.Also make quiz

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safaar2010

Dear Mr.James.
Your lessons are very useful and had saved me a lot of time.
Could you upload videos on noun phrases, adjective phrases, adverb phrases, prepositional phrases, infinitive phrases, participial phrases, adverbial phrases, and adjectival phrases. I’m prone to interactive learning and your lessons are excellent for me to understand. Can any of you(all of you are good!) help me with all these please?I’m having an exam pretty soon.Please respond to me as soon as possible.Thanks in advance!

Regards,
Nia

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chandu17

Hi James.

I just wonder about the sentence you said “I ate dinner”
Can we use the word “eat” with breakfast,launch and dinner”?

Because my English teacher teach me that we only can use “have” with breakfast,launch and dinner.

We say “eat” with the food.
Ex. I eat pizza.

Could you please explain for me?

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raihan

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talha2005

Hello friend,
Good query ..
What James said, is right.What your teacher told to you,is also right.
Explanation:I ate dinner and i had dinner both are right.
Certain verbs like eat,enjoy,experience,drink and take can be replaced by have.
Means you can also use have instead of these verbs.
Examples:
I’m drinking coffee / I’m having coffee
I took lunch / I had lunch
Hopefully, i’ll help you.

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rafa577

pick up = verb and an adverb

up the street = prepositon(followed by noun)

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reem.m.h

Please give lecture elaborately on kinds of Phrase and clause.

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Can explain difference between Gerund&Infinitive. I’m suffering to choose one of them. It is very confusable for me. For instance,

The models practiced (walking/to walk) with a book balanced on their heads.

Mandy has promised (takin/to take) care of our dog while we are on vacation…
Please, help me

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thailongdm

Then, a sentence may be divided in a “phrase” (with a noun or with a verb but not mixed) and a “clause” (with a noun as a subject and a verb as a meaning), therefore a phrase and a clause are different but they are parts of a sentence. Furthermore, a clause may be also divided in Independent Clauses and Dependent Clauses separated by comas or relative pronouns. I have understood this concept and besides I have distinguished the difference. Thanks a lot teacher James from EngVid.