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ENGLISH ASSIGNMENTS
Elements in a Basic Clause
The basic elements that constitutes the clause are – Subject, Predicative verb, Objects,
Predicative and Adverbials.
Methods for testing
1. Subject Predicate Method- in this method, the subject and predicate of the sentence is
decided so that nature of clause could be determined.
2. Sentence analysis- Sentence analysis is the process for understanding the elements of a
clause. This is done by evaluating the nature of determinates in the sentence and their role in
the structure of clause.
Examples-
Subject predicate method-
1. “Some problems occurred during the interview of the actor”
In this sentence the first thing that is to be determined is the verb. In this sentence the verb is
“occurred”. Now to determine the subject, the question need to be asked in ‘what’ has
occurred during the interview and the answer would be “Some problems”. Hence “some
problems” is the subject. The rest part of the sentence other than the subject and verb, is the
predicate. Here the predicate is “during the interview of the actor”.
Sentence Analysis
2. “Every day, the boss shouts at the manager, however, the manager seems casual
about this.”
In this sentence there are two main clause- “Every day, the boss shouts at the manager”
and “the manager seems casual about this”. “However”- is the conjunction. Two main

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