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Assignment 11
Assignment 11
II. Identify the sentence patterns of the superordinate clauses of the following sentences
and state the name and function of each finite subordinating clause.
E.g. The fishermen / think/ that the company polluted the bay.
S V O (noun clause – object of “think”)
1.Spreading oneself/ thinly gives/ one less time for others who were perhaps closer to one in the
past. SVO (adjective clause-modifying ‘others’)
2.As globalization grows apace,/ companies/ need to be able to span not just/ countries but
continents.
3. When she accepted the job, the au pair girl/ assumed/ that she would be free every weekend.
4. Studies/ have shown/ that by increasing the literacy and numeracy skills of primary school
children in the UK, the benefit to the economy generally is in billions of pounds.
5. Part of the problem with reading/ is/ that it is a skill which is not appreciated in most
developed societies. SVO
that it is a skill(noun clause-Cs)
6. Someone who reads a comic today/ may have/ the courage to pick up a more substantial tome/
later.
(adjective clause-modifying ‘someone’) SVOA
7. If primary school children were also taken in groups into bookshops, this/ might also entice/
them/ to want their own books.
(adverbial clause-A of condition) SVOA
8. Taking children to local libraries/ brings/ them/ into contact with an environment where they
can become relaxed among books.
1. People can be divided basically into those who keep knowledge and
their personal contacts to themselves, and those who are prepared to
share what they know and indeed their friends with others.
M1: People can be divided basically into those
S1: who keep knowledge and their personal contacts to themselves
M2: and those
S2: who are prepared to share
S2.2: what they know and indeed their friends with others.
2. A person who finds it difficult to share information with others and
who is unable to bring people, including friends, together does not make
a good networker.
M1: A person does not make a good networker.
S1: who finds it difficult to share information with others
S2: and who is unable to bring people, including friends, together
IV. Draw a tree diagram for the following sentences.
1.The teacher invited all the students to attend the annual school meeting.
NP VP
NP v NP
VP
S
The researchers agreed that human activities had increased global air pollution.
C S’
DET N V CP
NP VP