Clause Patterns 1–4
You have now studied four of the five major clause patterns.
Can you differentiate between them?
Review the patterns, then try your hand at the quiz.
| Subject | Linking Verb |
Complement | |
|---|---|---|---|
equative |
John | is |
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| Subject | Verb | Indirect Object |
Direct Object |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
intransitive |
The moon | rose. | ||
transitive |
Veronica | hit | the ball. | |
ditransitive |
Bob | gave | Judy | flowers. |
Instructions for the Quiz
Identify the clause pattern.
Big Hint: For this quiz, the answer will always be either A, B, C, or D, because we haven't yet learned the last pattern.
1. Life is a joke. |
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equative (S=C) |
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intransitive (SV) |
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transitive (SVO) |
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ditransitive (SVOiOd) |
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dummy subject (There is / It is) |
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