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31.1 Recognizing Sentence Predicates

This multiple choice exercise will give you some practice recognizing the five basic predicate patterns. Choose the predicate pattern of the main clause in each sentence.

This activity contains 20 questions.

Question 1.
Sylvia worried.

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Question 2.
Then they chatted for an hour or so.

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Question 3.
After Jim left, Sylvia checked the mantelpiece.

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Question 4.
Her heart fluttered.

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Question 5.
The pearls were missing!

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Question 6.
Sylvia’s anger gave her resolve.

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Question 7.
When Jim was at work, she searched his rooms.

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Question 8.
She found Jim extremely careless.

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Question 9.
Her pearls and other missing ornaments were easy to find, in his top bureau drawer.

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Question 10.
Sylvia chuckled to herself.

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Question 11.
She stole back all her belongings.

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Question 12.
She’d found some of her ornaments missing.

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Question 13.
And she left Jim an eviction notice.

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Question 14.
She was suspicious of her tenant, Jim.

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Question 15.
His frequent visits made her nervous.

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Question 16.
So one day, she planted a string of fake pearls on her mantelpiece.

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Question 17.
That afternoon, Jim paid her a visit.

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Question 18.
Sylvia felt extremely nervous.

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Question 19.
Nevertheless, she offered Jim a cup of coffee.

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Question 20.
She left him alone for a few minutes in the living room.

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