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Sentence Patterns & Clause Analysis — GK Questions with Answers

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  1. In the sentence "They elected him president", the word president is the —
    1. direct object
    2. indirect object
    3. object complement
    4. adverbial
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    Answer: (C) object complement

    It describes the object him, so it is an object complement. The pattern is S V O C.

  2. Identify the pattern of "She put the flowers on the table".
    1. S V O
    2. S V O O
    3. S V O C
    4. S V O A
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    Answer: (D) S V O A

    Put needs both an object and a place, so the pattern is S V O A.

  3. "The milk turned sour." The word sour is a —
    1. subject complement
    2. object
    3. adverbial
    4. object complement
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    Answer: (A) subject complement

    Turned is a linking verb here and sour describes the subject milk — a subject complement (S V C).

  4. Which sentence follows the pattern S V O O?
    1. He became a teacher.
    2. The teacher taught us grammar.
    3. She lives in Delhi.
    4. They painted the wall white.
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    Answer: (B) The teacher taught us grammar.

    Us is the indirect object and grammar the direct object — S V O O.

  5. In "My uncle lives in Jodhpur", the adverbial is —
    1. optional, so the pattern is S V
    2. compulsory, so the pattern is S V A
    3. an object
    4. a complement
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    Answer: (B) compulsory, so the pattern is S V A

    My uncle lives is incomplete, so the adverbial is obligatory — S V A.

  6. A group of words with a subject and a finite verb is called a —
    1. phrase
    2. clause
    3. sentence
    4. predicate
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    Answer: (B) clause

    That is the definition of a clause. A phrase has no subject and finite verb of its own.

  7. "Having finished his homework, he went out to play." The underlined opening is a —
    1. main clause
    2. subordinate clause
    3. participial phrase
    4. noun clause
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    Answer: (C) participial phrase

    It has no subject of its own and having finished is non-finite, so it is a participial phrase.

  8. "Although he was ill, he attended the meeting." The subordinate clause is an adverb clause of —
    1. reason
    2. condition
    3. concession
    4. purpose
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    Answer: (C) concession

    Although introduces a clause of concession or contrast.

  9. "I know what you did last summer." The clause what you did last summer is a —
    1. adjective clause
    2. adverb clause
    3. noun clause
    4. main clause
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    Answer: (C) noun clause

    Replace it with something: I know something. It works, so it is a noun clause acting as object.

  10. "The letter that I posted reached him late." The clause that I posted is —
    1. a noun clause
    2. an adjective clause
    3. an adverb clause of place
    4. a main clause
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    Answer: (B) an adjective clause

    It tells us which letter, so it is an adjective (relative) clause with letter as antecedent.

  1. "She worked late so that she might finish the report." The adverb clause shows —
    1. result
    2. purpose
    3. reason
    4. manner
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    Answer: (B) purpose

    So that with might/could expresses purpose. So … that with an adjective expresses result.

  2. How many clauses are there in "Although it rained, we went out because we had tickets"?
    1. one
    2. two
    3. three
    4. four
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    Answer: (C) three

    Three finite verbs — rained, went, had — and each has its own subject, so there are three clauses: one main and two subordinate.

  3. "The bell rang and the children ran out." This sentence is —
    1. simple
    2. compound
    3. complex
    4. compound-complex
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    Answer: (B) compound

    Two main clauses joined by and make a compound sentence.

  4. Which relative pronoun cannot be used in a non-defining clause?
    1. who
    2. whom
    3. which
    4. that
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    Answer: (D) that

    That is never used in a non-defining (comma-marked) relative clause.

  5. In "There are two books on the table", the subject is —
    1. there
    2. two books
    3. the table
    4. are
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    Answer: (B) two books

    There is only an introducer. The real subject is two books, which is why the verb is plural.

  6. In "Shut the door", the sentence pattern is —
    1. V O
    2. S V O
    3. (S) V O with the subject understood
    4. S V A
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    Answer: (C) (S) V O with the subject understood

    An imperative has the subject you understood, so we write (S) V O.

  7. "It is certain that she will win." The real subject of this sentence is —
    1. it
    2. certain
    3. she
    4. that she will win
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    Answer: (D) that she will win

    It is an anticipatory subject; the noun clause that she will win is the real subject.

  8. Which verb can take a pattern with two objects?
    1. sleep
    2. seem
    3. lend
    4. arrive
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    Answer: (C) lend

    Lend takes a person and a thing: He lent me his pen. — S V O O.

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