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Topic 4 (session A) - The grammar of simple sentences > SPOCA Self Test > Answers
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Style, meaning and the structure of sentences
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SPOCA self test answers

Q1. What is the Subject of the sentence 'The man with the green skin comes from Mars'?

Answer: the man with the green skin

Q2. In 'The man with the green skin comes from Mars', what kind of a phrase is 'from Mars'?

Answer: prepositional phrase

Q3. Which phrase is the Complement in the sentence 'In spite of his green skin the man from Mars seems rather fiery'?

Answer: rather fiery

Q4. What is the SPOCA structure of 'On Tuesday the professor with the bow-tie was sillier than usual'?

Answer: ASPC

Q5. What is the SPOCA structure of 'Mary plonked a wet kiss on the end of Mick's nose'?

Answer: SPOA

Q6. What is the SPOCA structure of 'On Monday the students elected Language and Style the craziest course of the year'?

Answer: ASPOC

Q7. What is the SPOCA structure of 'The tutors stupidly gave the students the answers to the quiz'?

Answer: SAPOO

Q8. What is the SPOCA structure of 'On the last Monday of term the students with chips on their shoulders had given a rather wooden response to the annoncement of a course bonfire' ?

Answer: ASPOA

Q9. What is the SPOCA structure of 'At the end of the SPOCA self-test most students with good marks retired to the bar for a celebratory drink'?

Answer: ASPAA

Q10. What is the SPOCA structure of 'Obviously, in celebration the students with the highest marks in the SPOCA self-test will want their tutors' approval in the form of free drinks for the night'?

Answer: AASPO

 

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