Notes 1. Don't expect students to be able to identify clauses as complements. That will come in Level Three. 2. I would accept "had to take care" as an idiomatic verb. Some people prefer to view "had to take" as the verb, and "care" as the direct object. Still others will want to see "had to take care of" as the verb (meaning either "watch" or "help") and "Mack" as the direct object. Since grammarians and linguists can't agree on a single interpretation, I consider it unethical to try to force one on students. 3. If students are being taught the difference between active and passive verbs, this can be a very humorous sentence to work with. It is definitely an idiomatic predicate adjective, and not a passive. :) 4. I wouldn't waste time arguing with a student who wants to consider "hurt" as part of the verb. 5. Some would argue, as a question of usage, that "me" should be "I." In formal usage, this probably is still true, and I might, depending on the students, point this out, but general practice accepts "me." 6. At this level, I would accept "afraid" as a predicate adjective. Idiomatically, however, it functions as part of the verb because it has a clause as a complement. (This is still another case in which grammarians can argue forever, but the point in question has no relevance to how well students use the language. Don't waste time on it.) 7. "Giant" and "Pink" are, of course, adjectives. Because they were capitalized, as if in a name, I left them uncounted until now. 8. At this level, I would accept "went
to start" as the finite verb.
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