Pattern Hunting: Comic Strips 1 back to activity and exercise

  ANSWER KEYS

　
S--Subject  V--Verb   
C--Complement     SC--Subjective Complement   
OC--Objective Complement
O--Object   IO--Indirect Object  DO--Direct Object

Q1--a. Your baby is developing very nicely. 
Q1--b. Would you like to send him an e-mail?                          
<A1> 
a.  S+V        S--Your baby  V--is developing  (Adv.--very nicely)  
b.  S+V+O   S--You    V--would like    O--to send him an e-mail   
                    
　

　

 

Q2--a. I want my husband to pay more attention to me.
Q2--b. (Have you) got any perfume that smells like a computer? 
<A2> 
a.  S+V+O+C      
    S--I  V--want  O--my husband  OC--to pay more attention to me  
b.  S+V+O+C     S--You     V--have got    
    O--any perfume  OC--that smells like a computer 
　

　

Q3--a. I ask my dad where the children came from.
Q3--b. He said people download them from the internet.
<A3> 
a.  S+V+IO+DO   S--I  V--ask   IO--my dad   
     DO--where the children came from  
b.  S+V+O   S--He  V--said   
    O--(that) people download them from the internet  
　

　

Q4--a. You've got one breast hanging out.
Q4--b.  I've forgotten the baby in the bus!
<A4> 
a.  S+V+O+OC  S--You  V--have got   O--one breast  OC--hanging out  
b.  S+V+O  
    S--I   V--have forgotten  O--the baby   (in the bus--Adv. of place)  
　

　

Q5--a. It's clearly a case of a failure in the graphics software.
Q5--b. It's a case of the wrong printer driver.
<A5> 
a.  S+V+C   S--It    V--is    C--a case of a failure in the graphics software
                  (clearly--Adv.) 
b. S+V+C    S--It   V--is    C--a case of the wrong printer driver 

Q6 I'm your friend.
<A6> 
    S+V+C   S--I    V--am    C--your friend