Clause Elements Review

Clause Elements Review

Go through these slides to make sure we remember all of the elements of a clause and all relevant vocabulary. Use your notebooks as you work through this!

Multiple Select

Which of the following are elements of a clause? (Select all that apply).

• Subject

• Verb

• Object

• Complement

• Adverbial

All of those answers were Elements of a Clause!

• Subjects always come first and are who or what a sentence is about.

• Verbs always follow the subject and tell us what they are doing.

• Objects always follow the verb and tell us who or what is receiving the action of the verb

  • (Not all sentences have objects)!

• Complements can follow the object or the verb and modify either the subject or the object of the clause.

  • (Not all sentences have complements)!

• Adverbials can follow the object or the verb and modify the verb of the sentence.

  • (Not all sentences have adverbials)!

Multiple Select

Which of the following are elements of a clause? (Select all that apply).

• Subject

• Verb

• Object

• Complement

• Adverbial

Multiple Select

Which two clause elements are always used in a sentence?

• Subject

• Verb

• Object

• Complement

• Adverbial

All sentences contain a subject and a verb.

(Sometimes the subject is implied, such as in imperative sentences).

Multiple Select

Which two clause elements are always used in a sentence?

• Subject

• Verb

• Object

• Complement

• Adverbial

You can always figure out the clause structure of a sentence by looking at the verb!

Multiple Select

Which of the following are a kind of verb?

• Action Verb

• Linking Verb

• Helping Verb

• Transition Verb

• Equaling Verb

There Are Four Kinds of Verbs

• There are two kinds of Action Verbs

  • Transitive Action Verbs transfer their action onto an object

  • Intransitive Action Verbs do not transfer their action

• Linking Verbs connect the subject with its complement

• Helping Verbs create the various tenses a verb can take and also help a verb better describe an action or state
  

• SVO sentences use Transitive Action Verbs

• SVC sentences use Linking Verbs

• SVA sentences use Intransitive Action Verbs

There Are Four Kinds of Verbs

• If the verb is transferring its action to an object, then it is transitive

  
  She sells sea shells.
  S V O

• If the verb is not, then it is intransitive
  
  She sells really well.
  S V A
  

• Notice that "sells" can be either kind depending on what follows

Multiple Select

Which of the following are a kind of verb?

• Action Verb

• Linking Verb

• Helping Verb

• Transition Verb

• Equaling Verb

Multiple Choice

Which kind of verb is used in an SVC sentence?

• Transitive Action Verb

• Intransitive Action Verb

• Linking Verb

• Helping Verb

When a linking verb is present, the sentence structure will be SVC.

Remember that linking verbs act like equal signs.

Multiple Choice

Which kind of verb is used in an SVC sentence?

• Transitive Action Verb

• Intransitive Action Verb

• Linking Verb

• Helping Verb

Draw

Identify the linking verb and rewrite the sentence as an equation.

Multiple Choice

Which kind of verb is used in an SVO sentence?

• Transitive Action Verb

• Intransitive Action Verb

• Linking Verb

• Helping Verb

Remember that a transitive action verb transfers its action to an object.

Multiple Choice

Which kind of verb is used in an SVO sentence?

• Transitive Action Verb

• Intransitive Action Verb

• Linking Verb

• Helping Verb

Draw

Identify the object of the sentence and write what is happening to it.

Multiple Choice

Which kind of verb is used in an SVA sentence?

• Transitive Action Verb

• Intransitive Action Verb

• Linking Verb

• Helping Verb

Intransitive Action verbs do not transfer their action onto an object.

However, because they are actions what follows cannot be a complement - so therefore what follows must be an adverbial.

Multiple Choice

Which kind of verb is used in an SVA sentence?

• Transitive Action Verb

• Intransitive Action Verb

• Linking Verb

• Helping Verb

Draw

Identify the adverbial of the sentence and write what it is telling us about the verb.

There are five clause elements

• Subjects always come first and are who or what a sentence is about.

• Verbs always follow the subject and tell us what they are doing.

• Objects always follow the verb and tell us who or what is receiving the action of the verb

• Complements can follow the object or the verb and modify either the subject or the object of the clause.

• Adverbials can follow the object or the verb and modify the verb of the sentence.

Multiple Choice

Identify the underlined element of the sentence.

• Subject

• Verb

• Object

• Complement

• Adverbial

Multiple Choice

Identify the underlined element of the sentence.

• Subject

• Verb

• Object

• Complement

• Adverbial

Multiple Choice

Identify the underlined element of the sentence.

• Subject

• Verb

• Object

• Complement

• Adverbial

Multiple Choice

Identify the underlined element of the sentence.

• Subject

• Verb

• Object

• Complement

• Adverbial

Multiple Choice

Identify the underlined element of the sentence.

• Subject

• Verb

• Object

• Complement

• Adverbial

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