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Mini Asssignments: 4 Questions + Exercise 4 Questions: 1. How To Use 7 Coordinators (BOYFANS)

The document contains a mini assignment with 4 questions and an exercise on basic sentence patterns. The questions cover how to use coordinating conjunctions like "but", the differences between conjunctions like "but" and "yet", and "because" and "for". The exercise provides 43 sentences and asks to identify the basic sentence pattern for each one. The patterns involve subjects, verbs, objects, and optional elements.

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Mini Asssignments: 4 Questions + Exercise 4 Questions: 1. How To Use 7 Coordinators (BOYFANS)

The document contains a mini assignment with 4 questions and an exercise on basic sentence patterns. The questions cover how to use coordinating conjunctions like "but", the differences between conjunctions like "but" and "yet", and "because" and "for". The exercise provides 43 sentences and asks to identify the basic sentence pattern for each one. The patterns involve subjects, verbs, objects, and optional elements.

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MINI ASSSIGNMENTS: 4 QUESTIONS + EXERCISE

4 QUESTIONS:

1. How to use 7 coordinators (BOYFANS):


- Connect two words (two nouns, two adjectives. two adverbs,…)
Ex: Are you a student or a teacher?
- Connect two phrases
Ex: I love big cats and small dogs
- Connect two independent clauses
Ex: I like him, but he doesn’t like me.
- Starting a sentence with a coordinator
Ex: I want to hang out. But my parents ask me to stay at home.
( Retrieved from: https://www.grammarly.com/blog/coordinating-conjunctions/)

2. Differences between but and yet in conjunction:


-Yet as a conjunction means ‘but’ or ‘nevertheless’. It often occurs after and. Ex: So many questions and
yet so few answers.
-But as a conjunction is used to connect ideas that contrast. Ex: she's not pretty but cute.
( Retrieved from: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/yet?q=Yet+as+a+conjunction)

3. Differences between because and for as a conjunction:


- We sometimes use for as a conjunction meaning ‘because’. We use it in very formal, and often literary,
contexts.For is more formal and less common than because. Ex: He’s overweight, for he eats too many cakes
and biscuits.
(Retrieved from: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/for)

4. He is a small boy, but he is very strong.


Comma in a this sentence is not Oxford comma because when this comma is omitted, the meaning of the
whole sentence does not change.
Give the basic sentence pattern of the following sentences.

1. Henry/ bought/ his mother/ some flowers. (Pattern 4)


[S] [Vt] [IO] [DO]

2. Uncle Jim/ considered/ him / a fool. (Pattern 5)


[S] [Vt] [DO] [OC]

3. The leading lady/ was / excellent. (Pattern 2)


[S] [Vl] [SC]

4. The brave/ deserved/ the reward. (Pattern 3)


[S] [Vt] [DO]

5. That / sounds/ too strange.(Pattern 2)


[S] [Vl] [SC]

6. He / is believed/ to be / a great authority on the subject. (Pattern 3)


=>They / believe / he is a great authority on the subject. (Pattern 3)
[S] [Vt] [DO]

7. Where to get the money/ was / a problem.(Pattern 2)


[S] [Vl] [SC]

8. Reading for examination/ took / most of his time. (Pattern 3)


[S] [Vt] [DO]

9. To see/ is / to believe. (P2)


[S] [Vl] [SC]

10. Today / is / Thursday. (P2)


[S] [Vl] [SC]

11. “But” / is not / always / a conjunction. (Pattern 2)


[S] [Vl] [Adjunct] [SC]

12. Who / is / it ? (Pattern 2)


[SC] [Vl] [S]

13. It / is raining /cats and dogs. (Pattern 1)


[S] [Vi] [Adjunct]

14. It / was / foolish /to say so. (Pattern 2)


=>To say so/ was / foolish
[S] [Vl] [SC]
15. It is a matter of vital importance for me to know the truth.
=>For me to know the truth / is / a matter of vital importance. (Pattern 2)
[S] [Vl] [SC]

16. It is no use trying to convince him.


=> Trying to convince him / is / no use. (Pattern 2)
[S] [Vl] [SC]

17. It is unlikely that he will tell you the truth.


=> That he will tell you the truth / is /unlikely. (Pattern 2)
[S] [Vl] [SC]

18. One / would / certainly / think / it / wrong. (Pattern 5)


=>[S] [Adjunct] [Vt] [DO] [OC]

19. They / say / the third time is always lucky. (Pattern 3)


[S] [Vt] [DO]

20. We / intend / to discuss it in chapter V. (Pattern 3)


[S] [Vt] [DO]

21. Do / you /drive? (Pattern 1)


[Auxuliary Verb] S
22. She / smiled / very kindly. (Pattern 1)
[S] [Vi] [Adjunct]

23. He / gulped down / his beer. (Pattern 3)


[S] [Vt] [DO]

24. At the gate / the car /came to / a stop. (Pattern 3)


[Adjunct] [S] [Vt] [DO]

25. He / sent / me / a check for $250. (Pattern 4)


[S] [Vt] [IO] [DO]

26. He / threw / Brian / a rope. (Pattern 4)


[S] [Vt] [IO] [DO]

27. The day / broke / grey and dull. (Pattern 1)


[S] [Vi] [Adjunct]

28. Don’t / be / a fool. (Pattern 2)


[Auxuliary Verb] [Vl] [SC]

29. Don’t / keep / me / waiting. (Pattern 5)


[Auxuliary Verb] [Vt] [DO] [OC]
30. They / dragged / him / out of the car. (Pattern 3)
[S] [Vt] [DO] [Adjunct]

31. His new book / will be / on sale / this summer.(Pattern 2)


[S] [Vl] [SC] [Adjunct]

32. Peter / served / them / generous portions of soup.(Pattern 4)


[S] [Vt] [IO] [DO]

33. He / could /have injured / us both. (Pattern 3)


[S] [Vt] [DO]

34. Suddenly / he / felt /afraid. (Pattern 2)


[Adjunct] [S] [Vl] [SC]

35. The young man / seemed / a decent fellow. (Pattern 2)


[S] [Vl] [SC]

36. He / drags / his legs, / and / he / can / hardly / lift / his arm.
[S] [Vt] [DO] [coordinator] [S] [Model V] [Adjunct] [Vt] [DO]

37. The story/ belongs / to a low level of literature. (Pattern 2)


[S] [Vl] [SC]

38. He / has been / under great strain / recently. (Pattern 2)


[S] [Vl] [SC] [Adjunct]

39. The soldiers all/ fell / ill. (Pattern 2)


[S] [Vl] [SC]

40. Before she ’d half finished, /Father/ had thrown / open / the door/ and / gone / in.
[Adjunct] [S] [Vt] [OC] [DO] [coor] [Vi] [A]

41. Vessels of a dozen nations / lie / at anchor in the harbor. (Pattern 1)


[S] [Vi] [Adjunct]

42. She/really /went/ too far / when she called me an ugly old cow.
[S] [A] [Vi] [A] [A]

43. The youth / soon / showed / himself /a canny batsman. (Pattern 5)


[S] [Adjunct] [Vt] [DO] [OC]

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