General English Level 3 GELEV3 Unit 05 Topic 03.doc  LANGUAGE FOCUS 04 What's in a sentence? Part 2 - clauses In this activity you will find out more about the parts of a sentence. A sentence is a group of words that has meaning. A sentence has a subject and verb and usually an object. Sentences are made up of clauses - units of meaning. Many sentences have only one clause. These are simple sentences. Example from the website You will get a special cookbook. Clauses can be joined by 'and', 'but', and 'or' to make sentences with two units of meaning of equal importance. These sentences are called compound sentences. Examples from the website 1. Take the stress out of air travel and arrive fresh and relaxed. 2. Visit many countries on a luxury cruise or stay in just one country in a luxury hotel. Information A clause is different from a phrase. A phrase doesn't have a verb. Examples of phrases from the website 1. a cool jazz bar 2. inside your luggage 3. your own elegant cabin RELATIVE CLAUSES Some sentences have one clause which gives the main information and one clause (a subordinate clause) which gives extra information about the main clause. These sentences are called complex sentences. One type of subordinate clause is a relative clause. 1. Relative clauses with who/that/which Relative clauses give us more information about someone or something in the main clause. 188 QUESTLANGUAGE