continuation of clauses...

Practically, there are 2 main types of clauses: dependent clause & independent clause.

Independent clause can stand as a sentence because it doesn't need to rely on another part of sentence. For e.g. I love Justin Timberlake.

Dependent clause need to rely on certain words because of the existence of words like if, because, since, although....

There are 3 types of dependent clauses: Noun clause, Adjective Clause, Adverb Clause.

Noun clause & adjective clause look similar because they consist of words like what, that, which, whatever, whichever, whoever...

One main difference about these two is:

a) noun clause is used "subject" or "object" of the sentence.

For example,

Whatever I did is none of your business. (as subject)

I don't care whatever you want to do. (as object)

b) adjective clause is used to describe the "things" mentioned in the sentence.

For example,

The girl, who was my ex-girlfriend, is going out with Benny now. (ex-girlfriend describing the girl)

The dress, which Jiayie is wearing, is beautiful. (what Jiayie is wearing describing the dress)

Here comes Chan Tong, who is the winner of Malaysia Idol. (winner of Malaysian Idol describing Chan Tong).

Adjective Clause is even easier because it has "funny funny" words like as, since, although, because ....

so...if you come across these funny words, the first thing that comes to your mind should be adverb clause!!!

okay...that's about it. Hope you guys can understand this short explanation :)