Dependent clauses (full subject and predicate)
Adverbial clauses
Because he was sick, the boy didn't go to school.
Adjective clauses
The boy, who was sick, didn't go to school.
Noun clauses
We were told that the boy was sick.
Verbal constructions (verb of predicate is reduced)
Subject ommited
Participial phrases
Being sick, the boy didn't go to school.
Subject reduced or ommited
Gerund phrases
His being sick was unfortunate.
Invinitive phrases
For him to be sick is unusual.
Subject retained
Absolute constructions
The boy being sick, his mother called a doctor.
Abstract noun phrases (verb reduced or ommited, subject reduced or ommited)
The boy's sickness disturbed his mother.
Appositive phrases (subject and a form of be ommited)
Appositive noun phrases
A very sick boy that day, he didn't go to school.
Appositive adjective phrases
Very sick that day, the boy didn't go to school.
Adjective-Clause Constructions
From adjective clause we can change it into another construction.
Example:
1. The mosque which is located in the square nearby is very beautiful.
| Participial phrase | The mosque located in the square nearby is very beautiful. |
| Prepositional phrase | The mosque in the square nearby is very beautiful. |
| Adverbial expression | The mosque nearby is very beautiful. |
2. Mrs. Hamilton, who was already a kind and generous woman, felt she had to take care of her sick old uncle.
| Appositive noun phrase | Mrs. Hamilton, always a kind and generous woman, |
| felt she had to take care of her sick old uncle. | |
| Appositive adjective phrase | Mrs. Hamilton, always kind and generous, felt she had to |
| take care of her sick old uncle. |
3. The only thing which you can do now is hope for the best.
Infinitive phrase The only thing to do now is hope for the best.
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