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1. Identify all the verbs and say if they are transitive (what type of transitive) or intransitive
Do you want any help? No, thanks. I can manage perfectly well on my own.
- want – transitive | monotransitive
- manage – intransitive
He had been managing the business for 6 years before it made a profit.
- managing – transitive | transitive + PP
- made – transitive | monotransitive
They haven’t raised the standard of living much, but I still support the government.
- raised – transitive | monotransitive
- support – transitive | monotransitive
I found it difficult.
- found – transitive | complex transitive
Call me a taxi.
- call – transitive | ditransitive
2. Decide upon the function of the words (subject, predicate, object, adverbial, adjunct, subject complement, object
complement, conjunctions)
I’d relied on knowledge, imagination, observation and visual memory before I found cheating is easier.
- I – subject
- had relied – predicate
- on knowledge, imagination, observation and visual memory – direct object
- before – conjuction
- I – subject
- found - predicate
- cheating is easier – direct object + object complement
However, children who were born after 2000 wouldn’t like what we had back then.
- however – sentence adjunct
- children who were born after 2000 – subject
- wouldn’t like – predicate
- what we had back then – direct object
All in all, the girl who was just here is a bit prettier so I gave her your number.
- all in all – sentence adjunct
- the girl who was just here - subject
- is – copula
- a bit prettier – subject complement
- so - conjuction
- I – subject
- gave – predicate
- her – indirect object
- your number – direct object
Mary was leaning over because she could see me better that way for she was pretty much interested in me.
- Marry – subject
- was leaning – predicate
- over – adverbial
- because – conjuction
- she – subject
- could see – predicate
- me – direct object
- better that way – adverbial
- for – conjuction
- she – subject
- was – copula
- pretty much interested in me – subject complement
All the well-paid jobs are gone so we need another plan after this is over.
- all the well-paid jobs – subject
- are – copula
- gone – subject complement
- so – conjuction
- we – subject
- need – predicate
- another plan – direct object
- after this is over - adverbial