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Topic 4 (session A) - The grammar of simple sentences > Style, meaning & the structure of sentences > Task E

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Style, meaning and the structure of sentences

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Below we give you some simple sentences with the constituents of those sentences distinguished:

(i) Work out what kind of phrase each constituent is (NP, VP, AdjP, AdvP, PP)

(ii) Show the SPOCA structures of the sentences they occur in.

  1. John ¦ loves ¦ Mary

  2. Mary ¦ loves ¦ John

  3. John ¦ was ¦ very annoyed

  4. The hungry student ¦ hates ¦ overcooked cabbage

  5. The telephone ¦ rang

  6. The cheerful woman ¦ was kissing ¦ her radiant husband ¦ with great abandon

  7. Mary ¦ lifted ¦ the receiver ¦ angrily ¦ within two seconds

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