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Basic Clause Patterns: (SVPs ) Quiz

Test your understanding of basic clause patterns (SVPs )


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Follow the instructions in the exercise below to test your understanding of simple clause patterns. This exercise is concerned mainly with identifying a subject predicative in subject - verb - subject predicative (SVPs ) patterns. The (SVPs ) pattern is used in description, signalling change, and in definitions, and the questions require you to identify these.

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The bonds between these molecules are super strong. (Copy the subject predicative into the answer box and say if this is description, change or definition.)
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Negative blood types are somewhat rare. (Copy the subject predicative into the answer box and say if this is description, change or definition.)
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Wood tablets covered in beeswax became a popular writing material in Greece, Rome and Egypt. (Copy the subject predicative into the answer box and say if this is description, change or definition.)
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During that time, the planet was much cooler than it is now. (Copy the subject predicative into the answer box and say if this is description, change or definition.)
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Microbes are living, single-celled creatures surrounded by a membrane. (Copy the subject predicative into the answer box and say if this is description, change or definition.)
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In the 1950s, television sets were bulky and the picture was in black and white. (Copy two subject predicatives into the answer box and say if they are description, change or definition.)
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Your favorite songs and artists become familiar, comforting parts of your routine. (Copy the subject predicative into the answer box and say if this is description, change or definition.)
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Working memory is central to our mental lives.' (Copy the subject predicative into the answer box and say if this is description, change or definition.)
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A source is where information comes from.' (Copy the subject predicative into the answer box and say if this is description, change or definition.)
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Octopuses are a specific type of invertebrate called cephalopods. (Copy the subject predicative into the answer box and say if this is description, change or definition.)
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Sentences for these exercises came from (Vodovotz 2022), (Helms 2022), (Law 2021), (Su 2022), (Noll 2023), (Weitzen 2022), (McAndrew 2019), (Völter 2019), (Britten 2022), (Spencer and Papastamatiou 2022). See the reference page.
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