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Advanced Communication Skills

Notes 4. Subject - Non-Action Verb (Linking Verb) - Complement
_____ 1. Some of my friends did come to the Christmas party.
_____ 2. Some of my friends gave a Christmas party at a big hotel.
_____ 3. Some of my friends were sorry about missing the Christmas party.

_____ 4. Some of my friends gave me a bon voyage party.
_____ 5. Some of my friends gave the office party a bad name.
_____ 6. The four-day work week may soon be a reality.
_____ 7. Many people now work a full seven-day week.

_____ 8. To many people, the idea of more leisure time is appealing.
_____ 9. Labor unions will consider the four-day work week.
_____ 10. Long holiday weekends now give people a taste of more leisure time.
_____ 11. A reduced work week would provide more jobs for those now unemployed.

_____ 12. For some people, the four-day work week will remain a dream for a long time.
_____ 13. Some experiments will evaluate the four-day work week.
_____ 14. Employee dissatisfaction creates alarming conditions.
_____ 15. The four-day week could conceivably give us too much free time.

Answers: Self Assessment

1. NP + V-int 2. NP + LV + ADJ
1 1
3. NP + V-be + NP 4. NP + V-tr + NP + NP
1 1 1 2 2
5. NP + V-tr + NP + NP 6. NP + V-be + ADJ
1 2 3 1
7. NP + V-tr + NP + ADJ 8. NP + V-tr + NP
1 2 1 2
9. NP + LV + NP 10. NP + V-be + ADV/TP
1 1 1
11. NP + V-be + ADJ 12. NP + V-tr + NP + NP
1 1 2 2
13. NP + V-tr + NP + NP 14. NP + V-int
1 2 3 1
15. NP + LV + ADJ
1
10.10 Further Readings

Books J. Mathew, Business Communication, RBSA Publishers, 2008, p. 260.

Meenakshi Raman, Prakash Singh, Business Communication, Oxford University
Press, 7th Impression 2008.
PD Chaturvedi, Mukesh Chaturvedi, Business Communication—Concepts, Cases and
Applications, 2007, Pearson Education.

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