Clause

C1. A Clause is a group of words and a unit of grammatical organization next below the sentence consist of a subject and predicate (e.g. Subject + Verb). (e.g. (A supermoon occurs) (when the Moon is in its closest part of orbit to Earth), (making it appear larger in the sky). (This phenomenon of the lunar eclipse and 'supermoon' together was last observed in 1982) (and will not come again until 2033).)

C2. Clause are made up of Phrases. (e.g. {(A supermoon) (occurs)} {(when the Moon) (is) (in its closest part of orbit to Earth)}, {(making it) (appear) (larger in the sky)}. {(This phenomenon of the lunar eclipse and 'supermoon' together) (was) (last observed in 1982)} {(and) (will not come) (again until 2033)}. Where, { }: Clause, ( ): Phrase or Word

C3. We can join two or more Clauses together to make Sentences. (e.g. A supermoon occurs when the Moon is in its closest part of orbit to Earth, making it appear larger in the sky.) (This phenomenon of the lunar eclipse and 'supermoon' together was last observed in 1982 and will not come again until 2033.)

C4. All Clauses in English have at least two parts: a Noun Phrase and a Verb Phrase. (e.g. The super moon appeared.: The super moon (Noun Phrase) + appeared (Verb Phrase))

C5. English Clause always have a Subject, the first Noun Phrase is the Subject of the Sentence. (e.g. The super moon (Subject) appeared), except for the imperative clauses. (e.g. Be careful! Please come on over here.)

C6. If we have no other subject we use 'there' or 'it' as subject (= dummy subject). (e.g. There will be an eclipse of the moon tonight. It was a beautiful phenomena.)

C7. The Clause types are: a Noun Clause, Adverb Clause and Adjective Clause.


The BFG Dream Jar Trail London
: 9 July ~ 31 August 2016

This summer, the streets of London are transformed with magical giant Dream Jars to celebrate Roald Dahl’s 100th birthday and The BFG movie release.

These Dream Jars can only belong to The BFG (Big Friendly Giant). Maybe he mislaid them during his night-time wanderings delivering wonderful dreams to sleeping children – or “chiddlers” as The BFG would say!