English Pop Quiz!

[CalvinLimuel]

OK so...

Subject: The child
Predicate: Looked around (for a moment), said
Object: They
Adverb: Crazy

 

[yamiza]

@Calvin: nope, still wrong.

@jsrics: You've got it. It's almost correct!

CLUE 2 : there's only one object and one predicate for this sentence!

 

[CalvinLimuel]

The child looked around for a moment and said, "I think they're all crazy!"

I'll try it again:
Subject: The Child
Predicate: look
Object: they
Adverb: around

or:

Subject: The Child
Predicate: say
Object: they
Adverb: crazy


Which is the right one AAAAARGH

 

[A-n0nymouZ]

The child looked around for a moment and said, "I think they're all crazy!"

Subject: the child
predicate: looked around for a moment and said
object: i think they're all crazy!

like that? o.O i think its wrong lol

 

[MetalicMilanista]

I've got a very simple one below; is this sentence correct or wrong? Correct it if it's wrong.

Reno has a few friends because he is an arrogant, selfish bastard.

@CalvinLimuel:

@MetalicMilanista:
I think the sentence is already correct.

You thought wrong. Seems nobody here thinks the sentence is correct. Well in fact it's incorrect. I'll still give you a chance to try and correct it. Oh, and another thing: the correction must be as minimum as possible.

@a-nonymouz:
Next!

Analyze this sentence. Mention the subject, predicate, object, adverb, and complementary if available.

The child looked around for a moment and said, "I think they're all crazy!"

This is a "direct speech", therefore it should be separated into 2 clauses:

1. Main clause: The child looked around for a moment and said
   Subject: The child
   Predicate: looked around for a moment and said
   no Object
   
2. Speech clause: I think they're all crazy!
   Subject: I
   Predicate: think
   Object: they're all crazy

Not so sure about this.... corrections welcomed!

 

[A-n0nymouZ]

I've got a very simple one below; is this sentence correct or wrong? Correct it if it's wrong.

Reno has a few friends because he is an arrogant, selfish bastard.

Reno has only a few friends because he is an arrogant, selfish bastard. ??? o.O

 

[MetalicMilanista]

@A-nonymouz
Can be an alternative, but still not minimum. Try again.

 

[yamiza]

@Anonymouz, MetalicMilanista:
Your answers can already regarded as correct, congratulations.

@MetalicMilanista:
Reno has only a few friends because he is a bastard.

 

[MetalicMilanista]

@Anonymouz, MetalicMilanista:
Your answers can already regarded as correct, congratulations.

Hooray! where's my GRP then

@MetalicMilanista:
Reno has only a few friends because he is a bastard.

What I mean by minimum change is: remove as minimum number of items as possible from the sentence to make it correct.
What you're doing is the opposite; and it's still not correct.

 

[jsrics]

Reno only has few friends because he is an arrogant and bastard.

/heh

 

[keyko]

hii ... nice thread ... i love this chl ...

 

[yamiza]

@keyko:
Then answer that question/

@Metalic Milanista:
GRP sent /no1
Oh well, you didn't say it clearly before...

Reno has a few friends because he is an arrogant, selfish bastard. becomes...
Reno has few friends because he is a bastard.

 

[MetalicMilanista]

Reno only has few friends because he is an arrogant and bastard.

/heh

Reno has few friends because he is a bastard.

You're both 99.99% correct; you'll be 100% if only you hadn't eliminated too many words .
Here's the perfect answer:

Reno has a few friends because he is an arrogant, selfish bastard.

changed into:

Reno has few friends because he is an arrogant, selfish bastard.

The key here is the difference between a few and few.
a few means you have more than enough;
few means you don't have enough.

These i'm sure you don't get at school

 

[yamiza]

Well...^^
Looks like the teachers in Indonesia aren't teaching EFL well^^

By the way, it needs logic too, so that's a good question /no1

By the way I see that you're a teacher at EFL, right?

 

[MetalicMilanista]

@yamiza
I was.
Used to teach at EF. I am a certified English Teacher, but unfortunately nowadays I'm more interested in venturing out of the education field, where I can earn more cash . Besides, I don't like teaching that much.

 

[yamiza]

@above:
I see. I am a Teaching Assistant, by the way
I have a simple question right now:

Can nouns be used as predicates?

 

[MetalicMilanista]

@yamiza

I don't think they can. If you're referring to sentences like this:

I'm a student.

'a student', which is a noun, is not a predicate.
The predicate (or verb) is 'am'.

A predicate is a link connecting a subject and an object. A noun always functions as either a subject or an object, and it cannot act as a predicate at the same time.

 

[CalvinLimuel]

She means noun that can be used as a verb, right?
If yes, then my answer is yes
But I forgot which one but I know few

So you're both are teachers and teaching assistant

 

[yamiza]

@Calvin:
"she"???

Give me an example and the reason please... ^o^

 

[CalvinLimuel]

^ You're a girl right? or not?
Sorry if you're a boy.
PS: Edited the post