Basic Clause Patterns: (SVC) Quiz
Test your understanding of basic clause patterns (SVC)
About this quiz
Follow the instructions in the exercise below to test your understanding of simple clause patterns. This exercise is concerned mainly with identifying subjects, verbs, and object complements in subject - verb - complement (SVC) patterns.
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You can make as many attempts as you wish for each question, but each attempt is only counted if your submission is close to the correct answer. After five close attempts you will have the option of seeing the correct answer. By clicking on the red square you can see further feedback about the correct answer. You will be able to see your quiz statistics (correct answers and number of attempts) once you have attempted all ten questions.
This simple quiz requires the quiz taker to identify the grammatical features of subject - verb - complement clause patterns (subjects, verbs and complements) in five sentences taken from authentic texts:
1. We also know that intense emotions are associated with stronger memories and preferences.
2. Our body knows how it is moving and where it is because of a sense called 'proprioception'.
3. This animation shows how trees are made into paper.
4. In another experiment, participants were asked to type a series of statements that would be saved in specific folders.
5. But paleontologists keep digging.
Once the quiz is completed a score and a timestamp are given. Feedback is immediately available for every correct answer.
Sentences for these exercises came from (McAndrew 2019), (Agostini 2019), (Law 2021), (Noreen 2015), (Skromne 2022). See the
reference page.
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