Pattern Hunting: Comic Strips 2back 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. It's a postcard from the Gores on vacation. 
Q1--b. We wish you were here.                              

<A1> 
a.  S+V+C  S--It  V--is  C--a postcard from the Gores on vacation
b.  S+V+O   S--We  V--wish  O--(that) you were here                       
　

　
Q2--They'd given me a bigger bottle of glue.    
<A2> 
S+V+IO+DO         
S--They   V--had given   IO--me  DO--a bigger bottle of glue   
*Note: 本句原為 I wish they'd given me a bigger bottle of glue. 
S+V+O         
S--I   V--wish   O--(that) they'd given me a bigger bottle of glue   
　

　
Q3--a. I don't have a gun.    
Q3--b. I have just a new set of braces. 
<A3>
a.  S+V+O  S--I  V--don't have   O--a gun  
b.  S+V+O  S--I   V-- have  O--just a new set of braces                             
　

　
Q4--You can't trust anyone. You can't even trust Regan 
       Appointee.    
<A4> 
S+V+O   S--You  V--can't trust           O--anyone    
S+V+O    S--You  V--can't even trust   O--Regan Appointee                       
　

　
 Q5--a. But, there is a better fibber in the land.   
 Q5--b. I would never market violence to children.
<A5> 
a. S+V+C   S--a better fibber  V--is  C--in the land*  
* There--the adverbial 帶有副詞性質的虛字
Another explanation:  S--There  V--is  C--a better fibber in the land
b. S+V+IO+DO   S--I   V--would never market   
                            IO--children  DO--violence*                   
*注意：將句子還原為 I would never market children violence.再分析 
  Q6--I should have seen it coming when I invented it. 
<A6>
S+V+O+C   S--I    V--should have seen    O--it   C--coming   
(when--subordinate conjunction)         
S+V+O       S--I    V--invented       O--it
　

　
Q7--a. I don't care what it says.
Q7--b. You don't have a choice. 
Q7--c. You are going to school. 
<A7>
a. S+V+O   S--I        V--don't care  O--what it says
b. S+V+O   S--You   V--don't have  O--a choice    
c. S+V        S--You   V--are going to (go)  (to school--Adv. of place)    
　

　

Q8--a. Did you watch Survivor?
Q8--b. I am a survivor. 
<A8>
a. S+V+O   S--You   V-- watched   O--Survivor
*將句子還原為肯定句  You watched Survivor. 再分析
b. S+V+C   S--I       V--am     C--a survivor    
　

　

Q9--Charles is a selfish cad and Camilia is an interfering,
        self-serving old witch.
<A9>
S+V+C  S--Charles  V--is   C--a selfish cad
(and--coordinate conjunction)
S+V+C  S--Camilia  V--is   C--an interfering, self-serving old witch
　

　

Q10--a. I hate to tell you this.
Q10--b. But, Harry Potter is a fictitious character. 
<A10>
a. S+V+O    S--I     V--hate   O--to tell you this 
b. S+V+C   (But--Conjunction) S--Harry Potter  V--is 
                   C--a fictitious character