Chause (分句) 是一組字，它好像sentence (句) 一般，都有著自己的動詞。
在上次的例子， “although I should not be eating it”, “where the tourists are standing” 和 “which defied its order” 都是一個clause。因為它在整句裏佔據了一個附屬的位置，所以在解釋文法時常被稱為 Subordinate Clause（附屬分句）。
Subordinate clause 有三種：分別作形容詞(adjective)，形容動詞(adverb) 或 名詞(noun) 用：
Adjective clause (形容詞分句):
例子:
· We should buy ice cream that is fat-reduced.
(中)：我們應買減脂的雪糕。
‘that is fat-reduced’是用以形容 ‘ice cream’
· London tower is around the corner where the tourists are standing.
(中)：倫敦塔就在轉角那邊，就是旅客們站著那兒。
‘where the tourists are standing’ 是用以形容 ‘corner’
· The state government resumed its threat to those councils which defy its order.
(中)：州政府重新向那些違背它指令的地區政府作出恐嚇。
‘which defy its order’是用以形容 ‘councils’
這些都是 ‘adjective clause’。
Adverb clause (形容動詞分句):
例子:
· I like eating ice cream where no one can see me.
(中)：我喜歡在沒有人見到我的地方吃雪糕。
‘where no one can see me’是用以形容在哪裏 ‘eating ice cream’;
· The tourists are standing at the corner as if they have lost their way.
(中)：旅客們站著在轉角那邊，就像迷失了方向的樣子。
‘as if they have lost their way’是用以形容怎樣 ‘standing at the corner’
· The state government resumed its threat to the councils when the councils defied its order.
(中)：州政府是在那些地區政府違背它指令的時候向它們重新作出恐嚇。
‘when the councils defied its order’是用以形容幾時 ‘resumed its threat’
這些都是 ‘adverb clause’。
Noun clause (名詞分句):
(在句子裏 noun clause 可以被‘it’代替而仍是完整的一句)
例子:
· What they put into ice cream may not be too healthy for you.
(中)：他們放進雪糕的東西也許不是對你太健康。
‘What they put into ice cream’就是 noun clause )。
· Where the tourists are standing is adjacent to the London Tower.
(中)：旅客們站著那兒就是鄰近倫敦塔。
‘Where the tourists are standing’ 就是 noun clause。
· It is hard to understand why the councils defied the government’s order.
(中)：真不易理解地區政府為什麽違背州政府的指令。
‘why the councils defied the government’s order’ 就是 noun clause。
這些都是 ‘noun clause’。
