Journalistic Writing – MCM310
BASIC CLAUSE PATTERNS
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LECTURE 11
Take a look of this the Language Chain. Start from the bottom and move up.
(Clue: Grapheme into morpheme into word into phrase and this into clause.)
A clause is a grammatical unit that:
Includes a subject and a predicate, and
Expresses a proposition (idea)
There are five basic clause patterns:
1. S + V: The children played.
2. S + V + C: You are beautiful.
3. S + V + O: Jinnah inspired everyone.
4. S + V + IO + DO: Ali gave his friend a ruby ring.
5. S + V + O + OC: Ali calls his Mom a saint.
Do this Exercise. Identify the basic clause patterns.
1. We painted the town red.
Answer for example: We (S) painted (V; action verb) the town (DO) red (IO).
Now do yourself.
2. We passed the boy collection basket.
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