H English 3 - MITS Two

A clause that has a subject and verb, but can't stand alone as a sentence.

• Independent Clause

• Dependent Clause

• Relative Clause

• Essential Clause

Subjects (people performing an action) – think of names or pronouns, such

as he, she, we, they

Objects (people receiving an action) – think of names or pronouns, such as

him, her, us, them

Possessive nouns or pronouns (his, hers, ours, their)

Subjects or objects – only used in essential / restrictive clauses – never set

off with commas

Subjects or objects – used in non-restrictive clauses – set off with commas

Give information that is needed to define the noun. NEVER use commas to set

off an essential clause.

• Dependent Clause

• Essential Clause

• Relative Clause

• Non-Essential Clause

Give extra information that is not essential to the meaning of a

sentence. Use a comma or commas to set off non-essential relative clauses.

• Essential Clause

• Relative Clause

• Independent Clause

• Non-Essential Clause

E or NE?: Gary who won the spelling bee became the first one in our class to receive an award.

E or NE?: John’s wrist which he broke last fall is still too weak for him to throw discus.