Question

Choose whether the following is True or False:
Dancing in the rain is a clause.
a- True
b- False

Answer 1

Hint:A clause refers to a group of words or a sentence that has a subject and a verb. Clauses are of two types- Independent and Dependent clauses.

Complete answer:
 Let’s look at the usage of clauses-
Example- She eats food. Here, we can understand that the given sentence is a clause as it has a subject and a verb that express a complete meaning and thought.
Let’s look at the two types of clauses-
Independent Clause- It has a subject and a verb that have the ability to stand alone as a sentence. Example- She ate her food.
Dependent Clause- It can have a subject and a verb that express an incomplete meaning and do not have the ability to stand alone as a sentence. Example- When she ate.
In the given question: ‘Dancing in the Rain’ is not a clause because it does not have a subject and a verb. ‘Dancing’ is a participle, ‘in’ is the preposition and ‘rain’ is the object that complements the preposition.
Now, let’s examine the given options-
Option a- ‘True’ is an incorrect option as ‘Dancing in the Rain’ is not a clause.
Option b- ‘False’ is the correct option as ‘Dancing in the Rain’ is not a clause but a prepositional phrase.
So, the correct answer is “Option b”.

Note:
Phrases do not have a subject or a verb while a clause needs to have a predicate containing a verb. Hence, clauses cannot function without the use of a subject and a verb.