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 Topic 7 (session A) - The grammar of complex sentences > SPOCA Review > Task A

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SPOCA Review
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SPOCA Review- the grammar of simple sentences and clauses

Task A - Identifying SPOCA elements

Analyse each of the sentences in the text below, identifying their SPOCA elements and the kind of phrase which fills each SPOCA slot.

Then compare your analysis with ours.

Suddenly the young lecturer grabbed the little grey-haired professor with big ideasby the bowtie. The long-suffering first-year students were getting very impatient. They laughed politely at the ongoing farce every Monday and Thursday.

 

Our answers

 

 

 


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