Our SPAG focus this term will the construction of sentences. To prepare you for this we would like you to find out about the following features of sentence writing. What can you find out? Which of these do you already know? Can you find any examples? Make sure that you understand what you find out. The things we would like you to explore are:

Clauses

Main clause

Subordinate clause

Relative clause

Phrases

Noun phrase

Adjective phrase

Prepositional phrase

What is the difference between a phrase and a clause?