Traditional Grammar - Assignment 4 (ungraded) James Madison University

Instructions: [This assignment will be marked only as an acceptable or unacceptable effort.] Identify just the words that form the basic pattern for each of the following sentences (Notice that you are given the correct pattern to use for the first ten sentences.):

1. Our tenants hear many wierd noises.(PATTERN=SVO)
2. Those new robots are acting quite odd.(PATTERN=SVC)
3. The incredible journey had finally ended.(PATTERN=SV)
4. The game show should have given me a gigantic prize.(PATTERN=SVOO)
5. Did the delay turn the crowd ugly? (PATTERN=SVOC)
6. Slowly, the rare, tiny, pink butterfly landed.(PATTERN=SV)
7. Nobody can always be right. (PATTERN=SVC)
8. The lead singer offered her back-up singer a solo. (PATTERN=SVOO)
9. Stop the madness! (PATTERN=SVO)
10. The arsonist fanned the flames higher. (PATTERN=SVOC)
11. The ghost floated upstairs. (PATTERN=SVA)
12. Time flies.
13. Time flies quickly.
14. Does time fly? (notice that this is an interrogative sentence)
15. A chihuahua is a dog.
16. Love conquers all.
17. Smile!
18. Faustus sold the devil his soul.
19. The crowd pushed the door open.
20. There are three options. (don't foget the issue with "there" :))
21. Marta might have been snoring quietly.
22. The pirates hid their treasure in the cave.