Which section of this passage is an example of an independent clause?

PLEASE HELP!! (subject)+(be verb)+(subject complement [noun phrase])

Bess [88]

Exercise 1

1. My neighbor is uncommonly thrifty.

My neighbor - subject

is - present tense of the verb to be

uncommonly - adverbial

thrifty - subject complement (adjective)

2. The Oldsmobile was on its last legs

The Oldsmobile - subject

was - past tense of the verb to be

on its last legs - adverbial

3. Celia is the CEO of a large multinational corporation.

Celia - subject

is - present tense of the verb to be

the CEO of a large multinational corporation - subject complement (noun phrase)

4. The last performance of Death of a Salesman was on Friday.

The last performance of Death of a Salesman - subject

was - past tense of the verb to be

on Friday - adverbial

5. The plumber will be here soon.

The plumber - subject

will be - future tense of the verb to be

here - adverbial

soon - adverbial

Exercise 2

1. The taxi driver seemed like a nice man.

The taxi driver - subject

seemed - linking verb (past tense)

like a nice man - subject complement (noun phrase)

2. The inside of the bakery smells delicious.

The inside of the bakery - subject

smells - linking verb (present tense)

delicious - subject complement (adjective)

3. On that day, Francis became a criminal.

On that day - adverbial

Francis - subject

became - linking verb (past tense)

a criminal - subject complement (noun phrase)

4. It sounds like a good idea!

It - subject

sounds - linking verb (present tense)

like a good idea - subject complement (noun phrase)

5. Ms. Yeziersky became a schoolteacher.

Ms. Yeziersky - subject

became - linking verb (past tense)

a schoolteacher - subject complement (noun phrase)

In all examples, we have an equation:

subject = noun phrase (what?)

adjective (how?)

adverbial (when? where? how? etc.)

To define if a subject complement is a noun phrase or an adjective, we always think of the main word:

like a nice man (noun phrase because everything modifies the noun MAN)

uncommonly thrifty (uncommonly modifies thrifty so it is an adjective).

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Act as a critic and describe, in your own words: Does this poem achieve its purpose? Why or why not? Your answer should be at le

nignag [31]

Such was the impact of poet Ingrid Jonker that decades after her death in 1965, the late Nelson Mandela read her poem, The Child who Was Shot Dead by Soldiers at Nyanga, at the opening of the first democratic Parliament on 24 May 1994.

“The time will come when our nation will honour the memory of all the sons, the daughters, the mothers, the fathers, the youth and the children who, by their thoughts and deeds, gave us the right to assert with pride that we are South Africans, that we are Africans and that we are citizens of the world,” he said 20 years ago.

“The certainties that come with age tell me that among these we shall find an Afrikaner woman who transcended a particular experience and became a South African, an African and a citizen of the world. Her name is Ingrid Jonker. She was both a poet and a South African. She was both an Afrikaner and an African. She was both an artist and a human being.”

She had written the poem following a visit to the Philippi police station to see the body of a child who had been shot dead in his mother’s arms by the police in the township of Nyanga in Cape Town. It happened in the aftermath of the massacre of 69 people in Sharpeville, south of Johannesburg, in March 1960. They were marching to the police station to protest against having to carry passbooks.

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3 years ago

A story told by means of _____ and action is called a play.

erma4kov [3.2K]

Your answer would be Dialogue :)

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Which sentence uses a verb that agrees with its pronoun subject? A. You all has been eating too quickly. B. I likes to go fishin

nirvana33 [79]

A. has should be have
B. likes should be like
C. doesn't should be don't
D. Correct answer

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2 years ago

Anti-Federalists believed that the sovereignty of the people resided with

valentina_108 [34]

Answer:

C sorry if wrong

Explanation:

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