PHRASES AND CLAUSE

PHRASE	CLAUSA
Phrase is a group of words that does not contain a subject and a verb. A phrase may consist of one word or more than one word, or phrase is a unit of grammar.	A clause is a group of words containing a subject and a verb. Or clause is the main structures of which sentence are built. A sentence contain at least one main clause (independent clause), it may also contain subordinate clauses (dependent clause).
Kind of phrase	Kind of clause
A noun phrase: e.g. : – I listen to his story. - What his said was interesting. - I heard his sroty.	A noun clause: e.g. : – I listen to what he said. - Who lives there? - Who is she?
A verb phrase: e.g. : – The door was opened. - The cat has been eaten. - The car has been washed.	Adverbial clause e.g. : – I am your friend until now.
A prepositional phrase: e.g. : – I invited her for a dinner. - I called him at eight o’clock - I put it on the table.	Comment clause: e.g. : As you know, I’ve finished this duty.
An Adjective phrase: e.g. : – It is too full for me. - It is too easy to solve. - It is impossible for him.	Relative clause: e.g. : the girls who is eating ice cream is my sister
An adverb phrase: e.g. : – He comes here quite often. - He runs as quickly as possible.	Comparative clause: e.g. : Elin as cleaver as Zakia.