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. Decide what pattern each of the following sentences

actually represent. Pattern 1: N V Pattern 2: N V N Pattern 3: N LV N Pattern 4: N LV Adj Pattern 5: N V N N

Pattern 5a: N V N to/N Pattern 5b: N V N for/N Pattern 6: N V Nx Nx Pattern 7: N V N Adj

a) Most fish is frozen to be shipped to stores and supermarkets.

b) Kelly didn’t bring any present for her mother from her trip to the UK.

c) Robert was slamming the door closed when his mother was coming

out of the house.

d) Kate will christen her new baby Amanda next Sunday.

e) Crime and a life of violence are an occupational choice for some

youngsters.

f) I would like to drink my Coke cold in the shade.

g) The attorney believes the guy a thief.

h) School cafeterias don’t usually serve students healthy food.

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i) All the class labeled Jim unreliable.

j) Ron is going to cash the check for his uncle tomorrow morning.

k) She bought her elderly father a cottage in the countryside.

l) After all I have heard, I can’t call her a real mother.

m) The girl saw herself on the mirror right before she left her house.

n) The students could write their teacher a new essay if they wish.

o) The voters appointed Marshall their new president.

p) We must keep the children busy at all times.

q) The witness has described the criminals to the police.

r) Do you still have feelings for him?

s) I saw Derek, Bill, and Karen at the mall downtown.

t) Kenneth prefers his new sweater green.

. Read the following text, and decide what pattern each of

the following sentences actually represent.

When I was little, vaccinating children against contagious viral diseases

typical at an early age was not common. Consequently, at the age of six, I

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got the mumps. My face swelled, especially behind my ear, and I felt very

bad. When I entered primary school, an epidemic spread rapidly among

the children, and, of course, I got sick again. I think this time it was the

measles that attacked me. Although my skin was covered with little red

spots, it didn’t hurt very much. Three years later, when I was finished the

fourth grade, I started feeling as if I had a cold; in fact, my mother thought

I was coming down with the flu because I had a headache and a fever, but

after a careful look at my body, she realized that I had caught chicken pox.

The treatment to cure all these diseases was, invariably, staying in

bed, drinking a lot of water, and taking an aspirin every six hours. It

worked in most of cases. However, I remember that some children who

didn’t follow the instructions ended up in a hospital with serious problems

with their lungs, kidneys, or liver and, in the worst of cases, they got

pneumonia and died.