Unit 4: Syntax: Exercise 3: Intransitive verbs

 

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Directions: Examine the colored parts and identify which is(are) the dependent(s) of the verbs.

1. f Cape Town. Since the aid scandal broke last week Boesak has refused to speak
the aid scandal = dependent, broke= vi
2. became thin and husky, and his bones broke easily. But his mind and political
his bones = dependen, broke = vi
3. on. Instead of drooping, Lilith has crawled halfway up the wall and crouches the
Lilith = dependent, crawled = vi
4. As he and the 432 other survivors crawled towards their roll-call on arrival a
the 432 other survivors = dependent, crawled - vi
5. long as we were that day. When she crawled, we crawled with her; when she lay d
she = dependent, crawled= vi
6. n Teignmouth, where he lives, when he fell and broke two bones in his left arm.
he = dependent, fell = vi
7. om existing and new clubs. The shares fell 4p to 260p. </Group> </Story>
the shares =dependent, fell = vi
8. e spent to make it happen. If things go according to plan, this will be a full
things = dependent, go = vi
9. de will never please everyone, it will go a long way, because it understands loc
it = dependent, go = vi
10. respect the traditional role we can't go anywhere else and expect to get any re
we =dependent, go = vi
11. line>Graham remains calm as pressure grows at Arsenal</headline> <byline>Russe
pressure = dependent, grows = vi
12. ch succeeding portrait his waistline grows more monumental.) The Gossaert Adam l
his waistlines = dependent, grows = vi
13. n says that "if members' unhappiness grows, the ICA will become increasingly dif
member's unhappiness = dependent, grows = vi
14. rom a cliff. The 34-year-old man was walking along the beach with the boys, aged
the 34-year-old man=dependent, walk = vi
15. do not have to tussle with crowds or walk all over town. The catalogues are clea
walk= vi (the 'S' should be the dependent of 'do not have to tussle..'
16. ecord occurred when a Soviet citizen walked calmly into the British embassy in M
a Soviet citizen = dependent, walked = vi
17. e fire and called for her husband. He ran up and tried to rescue her." Rick La
He = dependent, ran up = vi
18. the form a solid look. Nirvana Prince ran well last time but the stable is out o
Nirvana Prince = dependent, ran = vi
19. t any visitor from anywhere. And it ran everywhere: my lectures were most warm
it= dependent, ran = vi
20. ate of Guy Delage, who has set off to swim the Atlantic accompanied only by a so
swim = vi (it's a non-finite complement verb of the vi 'set off'.

 

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