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Clause Elements and Clause Patterns

The document provides examples of clauses and exercises to label clause elements and identify clause patterns. It contains 10 examples of clauses with blanks to fill in clause elements such as subject and direct object. It also contains 10 clauses to analyze by labeling word classes, phrase structures, clause elements, and identifying the valency of the main verb as intransitive, monotransitive, copular, ditransitive or complex transitive. The goal is to practice identifying parts of clauses and different clause patterns.

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Clause Elements and Clause Patterns

The document provides examples of clauses and exercises to label clause elements and identify clause patterns. It contains 10 examples of clauses with blanks to fill in clause elements such as subject and direct object. It also contains 10 clauses to analyze by labeling word classes, phrase structures, clause elements, and identifying the valency of the main verb as intransitive, monotransitive, copular, ditransitive or complex transitive. The goal is to practice identifying parts of clauses and different clause patterns.

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Clause elements and clause patterns

Exercise 1: Labelling clause elements


In the following examples, brackets show phrase boundaries, and some of the phrases are marked
as clause elements S (subject), DO (direct object), A (adverbial), etc. Fill in the gaps by labelling
the other clause elements.
1 [My dislike of the man] [returned].
S P
2 [Taco] [is] [really] [a smart dog].

3 [Some guy] [died] [at twenty] [of a heart attack].

4 [Just] [give] [them] [hot chocolate].

5 [The gallery] [became] [a reality] [in lune].

6 [He] [considered] [it] [a dumb question].

7 [During her short life], [her two sisters] [bought] [her] [a small teddy bear].

8 [The Portuguese] [named] [the place] [Bom Bahia] [for its harbour].

9 [She] [went] [crazy] [out in L.A.] [for a few months] [back in 1987].

Exercise 2: Identifying clause patterns


The clauses below have the following clause patterns:
(a) S+V+SP (e) S+V+IO+DO
(b) S+V+DO (f) S+V+DO+OP
(c) S+V+A (g) S+V+DO+A
(d) S +V
Identify the clause elements by marking them off with brackets and labelling them
(S, V, etc.). Note: Some of the clauses also contain optional adverbials; label these
adverbials (A).
Identify the clause pattern of each clause (a-g above), and label the clause type:
intransitive, monotransitive, copular, ditransitive, complex transitive.
1 [you] [still] [haven't answered] [my dog question].
S A V DO
S + V + DO, Monotransitive
2 The cheetah is the fastest animal in the world.

3 1 haven't gotten Chris his gift yet.

4 We were in a meeting all morning with Barbara.

5 The boy lives in Washington now.

6 He really told his father the truth.

7 I'd have called him a liar for sure.

8 Here I find you in some dark plot against me.

9 They made her this incredible offer.

10 So that made her popular.


Exercise 3: Complete analysis of clauses
Analyze the structure of the following sentences:
1. the word classes (noun, verb, preposition, etc.)
2. phrase structures (noun phrase, verb phrase, prepositional phrase, etc.)
3. clause elements (subject, direct object, etc.)
4. and valency of the main verb (intransitive, monotransitive, copular, ditransitive, complex
transitive).
He even sent them a tape of the show.
1 I saw one of your grandchildren the other day.
2 Well I can't promise you that.
3 I'm soaking wet and you call it nice.
4 Her father had called her one evening.
5 They certainly couldn't tell her the truth.
6 Later, after dark, a boy brought him a plate of food.
7 We should show understanding for the fear of our neighbours.
8 He didn't get his hair wet.
9 1 just got really hot.
10 We got home too late.

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