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Clause PatternsSet 141

1My mother never goes to football games. What is the verb?

2Hardly had he touched the screen of his mobile ..... a FIFA world cup appeared.

3Marco Polo wrote a book about his travels. Does this sentence contain an embedded clause?

4How did Trevor fit in in high school?

5The editor made sure that the news is free from any errors.

6I hear that your exams are next week. You ..... very hard right now.

7Pak Abu is ..... his mangoes.

8Direct object

9Complete the sentence with the correct object:The child picked up .....

10Panjan Air, an airline ..... in Singapore, is offering budget flights to Bangkok and Jakarta.

11Mr. Dawson ..... to executive manager of an advertising company.

12You ..... (submit) the assignment by tomorrow.

13A very good hobby is running marathons.

14Identify the subject in the following inverted sentence:'In the middle of the room sat a beautiful piano.'

15Describe a situation where a character might experience both delirium and premonition.

16The second deadline to submit applications for national office shall be

17Name the type of topic sentence: The teacher, a kind and patient person, helped me with my homework.

18Many people feel 'afraid' when they .....

19What word or words function as DIRECT OBJECTS in this sentence:Whenever I send my brothers presents, I always include cookies.

20Mom read Katie a book.

21The teacher ..... a photo of us while we ..... up the tree

22My daughter ..... 18 years old ..... week.

23I was reading a new story while my brother was listening to music.The subordinating conjunction is .....

24Dalmations ..... my favorite movie when I was a kid.

25Preposing (moving a certain part of a sentence to the beginning of the sentence) is syntactically "legal" when:

26What is the compound direct object in the sentence?Mom and dad bought some apples and oranges at the grocery store.

27A direct object answers the question:

28What is the direct object in this sentence: The blue pen was given to Bob by Tina.

29An adverb clause always has a ..... and a .....

30What is the direct object in the sentence: They built a sandcastle on the beach?

31Gone away is the bluebird, here to stay is the new bird .....

32In the sentence Businesses in many states are expanding their operations, the complete subject is .....

33He bought a new that I have ..... yesterday

34In the sentence "The teacher who inspired me retired last year," identify the complete subject.

35The theme provides the framework for interpreting what follows, i.e. the "point of departure of the message", while what follows is the rheme, the remainder of the message in the clause.

36What is the verb being used in this sentence.. "When I was 5 years old my favorite thing to do was running."

37MATCH THE FOLLOWING EXCHANGESMy name is Sarah Harrison. I have a meeting with Mrs. Freeman. .....

38It is important that we ..... home as soon as we arrive.

39The nominal bare infinitive clause can function as .....

40Identify the verb in the following sentence:She kicked the ball across the playground.

41They write him an email every two months.

42David ate ice cream after school. What is the direct object?

43Personnel changes within the marketing department ..... no surprise, as it completely failed to meet the target on the most recent project.

44Don't worry, I ..... carry your bag.

45Colorful flowers sprout from the ground in the springtime.

46The teachers are expecting to call tomorrow a meeting in order to review the disciplinary problems.

47The term that appears in the conclusion is:

48"She has become less and less happy over the years."In this sentence the verb has is a .....

49What is the complete predicate in this sentence:My family is planning a vacation at Blue Lake.

50He eventually manhandled the rock into his goody bad and dragged it with ..... to the surface.

51Which word is the verb?The king was strong but very cruel.

52The teacher told us .....

53Your friend is about to start a difficult level in a video game. Fill in the blank to give a piece of advice using the verb 'be': ..... patient and watch for patterns.

54Mukai Chiaki, the first female Japanese astronaut, ..... 15 days aboard the space shuttle Columbia in space before it ..... to the Earth on July 23,1994.A.spent-had returned B.had spent-returnedC.was spending-was returning D.spent-was returning

55What is the main clause in this sentence?Coraline left after she drank the tea.

56You are in a restaurant .....

57Choose the correct correlative conjunction pair ..... am I tired, ..... I ..... don't feel good.

58The sentence "Keith gave Gill a statue" -what role does Gill play?

59What's the complete subject in this sentence?"She is eating lunch."

60Identify the verb in the following sentence: "The children play in the park."

61..... language tends to be more formal, following sentence structure rules closely.Select one of the following: