Prepared By: - Nityanandesh Narayan TripathiPGT EnglishJawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya

He told me that Rahul was an honest boy.

The above sentence can be divided into two parts.

1. He told me. 1. He told me. 2. That Rahul was an honest boy.

It’s a complete sentence because it gives the complete meaning.

It is not a complete sentence because it does not give the complete meaning. It has to depend upon first sentence.

Let us know about Sentence Structure: -

Ramesh is playing in ground with football.

Subject Predicate

He told me that Rahul was an honest boy.

Sentence 1 Sentence 2

SubjectPredicate Subject Predicate

Clause 1 Clause 2

1. Aarti told me that there was no student in the class.

2. Srikant told me that he had seen the Metro Train.

3. He says that he met your brother.

4. He told me that he was absent from the class.

1. I have talked to you what I wanted to talk to you.

2. This is the boy who scored highest marks.

3. This is the pen which I found in the school ground.

4. I remember the house where I was born.

1. If you work hard, you will succeed. (Conditional Clause)

2. I found him dead when I reached there. (Time Clause)

3. He failed because he didn’t work hard. (Clause of reason)

4. Take the medicines at time so that you can recover soon. (Clause of Result)

Find the type of clauses in the given sentences: -

1.I told my brother that he should come in time.

2.I have a book which is red in colour.

3.The teacher scolded the teacher because he misbehaved in class.

4.You can borrow some more money from me provided you return the

previous debt.

5.The thief who stole the money is now arrested.