MỘT SỐ ĐIỀU CẦN NẮM VỮNG KHI VIẾT PHRASES VÀ CLAUSES ĐỐI VỚI SINH VIÊN NĂM 1, KHOA TIẾNG ANH, TRƯỜNG ĐẠI HỌC DUY TÂN

I. PHRASES

Elements in a Clause: There are seven types of basic clause:
1. SVA: -Nam is in the class.
2. SVC: -Nam is a student.
-Nam is intelligent.
3. SVO: -Nam is writing a letter.
4. SVOA: - Nam is putting a pen on the table.
5. SVOC: -Nam has proved his girlfriend honest
6. SVOO: -Nam gives me a book.
7. SV: -Nam is sleeping.

II. CLAUSES
1. Independent clause:
An independent clause contains a subject and a verb and expresses a complete thought. It can
stand alone as a sentence by itself.

2. Dependent clause:
A dependent clause begins with a subordinator (when, while, if…), followed by a subject, verb,
and complement. It does not express a complete thought and cannot stand by itself as a sentence.

-…….when he returned home

Subject + verb (+complement)

Subordinator + subject + verb +(complement)

-…….if I declare my major now
+subordinators: after, although, as, as if, as soon as, because, before, even though, how, if, since, so
that, that, though, unless, until, what, when, whenever, where, wherever, whether, which, while, who,
whom, whose.