Question

Sentence Skills, Which of the following statements is true? A. A phrase has a subject and a verb; a clause does not. B. A clause has a subject and a verb; a phrase does not. C. A phrase is a group of related words; a clause is not. D. A clause is a group of related words; a phrase is not.

Answer 1

The correct answer is B. A clause has a subject and a verb; a phrase does not. This is correct because any time a phrase has a verb added to it it becomes a clause. An example could be a noun phrase "The hardworking man". If you add a verb "sleeps" to it, it becomes a clause "The hardworking man sleeps".