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Unit 2.

Clauses

Exercise 1. Indicate, by Od, Oi, Cs or Co whether the parts underlined in the sentences
below are the direct object (Od), the indirect object (Oi), the subject complement (Cs) or the
object complement (Co):
1. Will someone get a doctor, quickly! Od
2. George and Paul both became famous doctors. Od
3. Do you call yourself a doctor? Od, Co
4. May I call you Jenny? Od, Co
5. May I call you a taxi or something? Od, Co
6. Call me anything you like. Oi, Od
7. It’s so cold. I can’t get warm., Cs, Cs
8. I can’t get my hands warm. Od/Co
9. Keep quiet. Keep those children quiet. Cs/ Od/ Co
10. Can’t you give them something to keep them quiet. Oi/Od/Od
11. The young man was slowly going mad. Cs
12. His mother-in-law was driving him mad. Od, Co
13. The driver turned the corner too quickly. Od
14. The weather is turning warmer. Cs
15. The hot weather turned all the milk sour. Od/ Co
16. The young man grew very depressed. Cs
17. He grew his hair long. Od/ Co
18. He had made a great mistake. Od
19. His in-laws had simply made him their servant. Od/ Co
20. His wife sometimes made him curry. Oi/ Od
21. But this only made him more miserable. Od/ Co
22. Show me your passport. Show me. Oi/ Od/ Oi
23. Did you see anyone? Did you say anything? Od/Od
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24. I didn’t tell anybody anything. Oi/Od

Exercise 2. Indicate, by a, b, c, etc., to which of the following clause types the sentences
below belong:
a S V intens Cs
b S V intens A place
c S V intrans
d S V monotrans Od
e S V complex trans Od Co
f S V complex trans Od A place
g S V ditrans Oi Od
1. I remember the reasonableness of my father’s argument. D
2. The parson’s cat is an abominable animal. a
3. We are in a bit of a mess. b
4. I have always lived in the country. b
5. Could you call me a porter, please? g
6. Do you call yourself a porter? e
7. Finding peace and quiet has become very difficult. a
8. Every increase in knowledge augments our capacity for evil. d
9. The police laid the bodies by the side of the road. f
10. Travel nowadays is fraught with disillusion. a
11. You must keep calm. a
12. Keep out of sight. b
13. You can keep the change. d
14. Keep your hands off me. f
15. I can’t keep my hands warm. e
16. Keep me a seat, will you? g

Exercise 3. Isolate and label the dependent clause or clauses in each of the sentences below,
as in the following two models,

a I think you can do it

You can do it: finite clause acting as 0 in the superordinate clause.

b Leaving the room, he tripped over the mat.

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Leaving the room: non-finite, -ing participle clause, acting as A in the superordinate clause,
using the symbols S (=subject), O (=object), C (=complement), A (=adjunct).

1. That you could do it always knew. Finite - Cs

2. That you can do it is still uncertain. Finite -

3. You can do it if you try. Finite – Od

4. If you can do it, I’ll give you ten dollars. Finite – S

5. Standing here all day, I see many strange faces. Non-finite – ing-participate -A

6. Standing here all day is extremely tiring. Non finite – ing-participate - A

7. My greatest pleasure is to listen to chamber music. Non-finite -to-infininitve - Cs

8. To listen to chamber music is my greatest pleasure. Non-finite – to-infinitive - S

9. Exhausted after the long journey, I fell asleep at once. Non-finite – ed-participate - A

10. The long journey over, we relaxed in the warm sunshine. Verbless clause – a time

11. Glancing up at my tired face, she asked, in a rather grating voice, how I was
feeling(Od). Non-finite – ing-participate – A

12. Steinweg had a large room where we always breakfasted together. postmodifier

13. He was a delightful companion, always cheerful and considerate. Verbless clause

14. She had not asked life to be thus. – Non-finite – to-participate

15. She sang when allowed to do so. - Non-finite – ed-participate

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