ELLIR Flashcards
Eventive sentence
“My phone [broke down]”
“The car [won’t start]”
D.O. Noun + Infinitive
“I’ve got dishes* **[to wash]**"
"I have a *confession [to make]”
Noun + Adjective
“He’s got a `screw [loose]”
Causative Construction
• ‘To get/have’ + Past Participle
“I’m having my house* **[painted]**"
"I've just *had my tooth [removed]”
Adjectival Wh- Objects
= Repetition Questions
• Wh- word + Noun + Verb as a D.O.?
“Which course* **[did you take]**?"
"*What series [has she started]?”
Final Relative Clause
“I ‘love the `ring [you gave me]”
Separable Phrasal Verbs
“Turn the `lights [off]”
Subject + Passive Verb
• Passive verb = Subject is not doing anything.
“The `boards [are cancelled]”
‘There’ + ‘be’ + Noun + Adverbial
“There’s a snitch* **[in the room]**"
"*There's a fly [on my soup]”
Explaination
• N + V: “The train* **[was late]**
• *'Be' + Adj*: "*The train [was full]”
Final Objects of General Reference
“She `yells [stuff]”
Final Vocatives
“Sit down*, **[darling]**"
"Of *course, [sir]”
Final Reporting Clause
“I’ll be `back, [he said]”
Final Comment Clauses
“He is ‘too `old, [I fear]”
FcSAT
• Final Context Setting Adverbial of Time
“I saw `Gina [yesterday]”
