Comic Strip 1-4           Comic Strip 5-8         Comic Strip 9-12                             

　 Acknowledgement

Patterning Hunting  (Comic Strips)
   please read each comic strip and question at below carefully 
     and identify the sentence  patterns.           
　

　

(1)

How nice...It's postcard from the Gores on vacation... "Having a wonderful time, wish you were here"
  Q1--a. It's a postcard from the Gores on vacation.
             b. I wish you were here                             

　

(2)

Hm~ wish they'd given me a bigger bottle of glue.
  Q2--They'd given me a bigger bottle of glue.   

　

(3)

"I don't have a gun...just a new set of braces, that's all"
Q3--a. I don't have a gun.   
            b. I just have a new set of braces. That's all.

　

(4)

My fellow Americans, I'm here to warn you this country is going to hell in a handbasket...You can't trust anyone. You can't even trust Regan Appointee...
  Q4--a. I'm here to warn you this country is going to hell in a
                 handbasket.            
             b. You can't trust anyone. You can't even trust Regan
                 Appointee.

　

(5)   (TOP)

You religious freaks make me laugh... The end is near. Actually, I'm a Y2K team leader.
  Q5--a. Your religious freaks make me laugh.
             b. The end is near. 
             c. Actually, I'm a Y2K team leader.

　

(6)

Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the biggest liar of them all? Sorry, but, there is a better fibber in the land. Moi?!! I would never market violence to children.
  Q6--a. Who's the biggest liar of them all?
             b. But, there is a better fibber in the land. 
             c. I would never market violence to children.

　

(7)

There's too much violence in movies and games...Violence on the internet...Guess I should have seen it coming when I invented it.
  Q7--a. There's too much violence in movies and games.
             b. I should have seen it coming when I invented it. 

　

(8) 

I don't care what it says,...you don't have a choice...you are going to school.
Q8--a. I don't care what it says.
            b. You don't have a choice. 
            c. You are going to school. 

　

(9)    (TOP)

So, did you watch survivors? Heck..I am a survivor.
Q9--a. Did you watch survivors?
            b. I am a survivor. 

　

(10)

...And Charles is a selfish cad and Camilia is an interfering, self-serving old witch... Don't push it!
Q10--Charles is a selfish cad and Camilia is an interfering,
             self-serving old witch.

　

(11)

I hate to tell you this, but Harry Potter is a fictitious character.

Q11--a. I hate to tell you this.
              b. But, Harry Potter is a fictitious character. 

　

  (12)

So the U.S. banned aid to groups discussing abortions...I never got money from them anyhow.
Q12--a. So the U.S. banned aid to groups discussing abortions.
              b. I never got money from them anyhow.

　

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