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Tutorial: Hunger games
 Exercise 1: Revision
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Come come!
Hold hands.
And the library. All mahogany.
Hello! Hello!
Not yet not yet. No. No. No.
Oooh. Curtains!
Everybody who’s anybody is here.
And they all want to meet you.
Flavious! Octavia!
Try one of these. They are divine.
I can’t eat another thing.
Here.
What’s this?
It’s for when you’re full.
It makes you sick. So you can go on eating.
How else can you taste everything?
I think it’s time for a dance. Katniss?
People are starving in 12.
Here they’re just throwing it up to stuff more in.
Katniss? Peeta.
This is Plutarch Heavensbee. Head Gamemaker. Successor to Seneca Crane.
That’s a tough act to follow.
Peeta!
May I?
Please.
So how do you like the party?
It’s a little overwhelming.
It’s appalling. Still if you abandon your moral judgment it can be fun.
So, are you having fun?
I’m the head gamemaker, fun is my job.
I thought that was what happened to Seneca Crane. Too much fun.
Seneca decided to quit breathing.
Decided.
It was that or poison berries.
Being Head Gamemaker has never been the most secure job in the world.
Then, why are you here?
Same reason as you, I volunteered.
Why?
Ambition.
The chance to make the games mean something.
The games don’t mean anything.
They only mean to scare us.
Well maybe it was you who inspired me to come back.
Ah! The presidential welcome.
I’m sure we’ll meet again.
Katniss, come. The President awaits.
You think we convinced him?
I’m not sure what else we can do.
Tonight, on this the last day of their tour, I want to welcome our two victors…
…Two young people who embody our ideals of strength and valor.
And I personally want to congratulate them on the announcement of their engagement.
Your love has inspired us.
And I know it will go on inspiring us every day for as long as you may live.
Identify the clause constituents of the following:
Tonight, on this the last day of their tour, I want to welcome our two victors.
Identify the word groups:
Verb group: Finite/ predicator; aux. lexical
I’m not sure
Noun Group:
Two young people who embody our ideals of strength and valor
Other practice: VGs
They must have been planning this for a long time.
must have been planning
They should have left sooner than this.
should have left
SUMMARY OF MAJOR VERB COMPLEMENTATION PATTERNS (Downing p. 116)
1 No complement patterns with INTRANSITIVE verbs
V only (‘pure’ intransitive)
The post has arrived.
V + implied object
That dog bites.
V (reciprocal meaning)
They met at a party.
V + obligatory locative
She lives in Tokyo.
2 One-complement patterns with COPULAR verbs
V + AdjG
The game is very simple.
V + NG T
His road is the M40.
3 One-complement patterns with MONOTRANSITIVE verbs
V + NG
That dog bit me.
V + prep + NG
I’ll see to the sandwiches.
Finite clause (tensed)
V + finite that-clause
He believes that he is right.
V + finite wh-clause
(indirect interrog.) She asked what I meant.
(nominal relative) He believed what I told him.
(indirect exclamative) I said how sorry I was.
Non-finite clause (non-tensed)
V + non-finite to-infinitive clause
With implicit subject He wants to stay.
With explicit subject He wants us all to stay.
V + non-finite -ing clause
With implicit subject They like staying out late.
With explicit subject She doesn’t like them staying out late.
4 Two-complement patterns with DITRANSITIVE verbs
V + NG NG
I gave Jo a copy.
V + NG + prep + NG
We reminded her of the time.
Finite clause (tensed)
V + NG + that-clause
He assured her that he cared.
V + NG + wh-interrog. clause
She asked me where the library was.
V + NG + nominal wh clause
He told me what I needed to know.
Non-finite clause (non-tensed)
V + NG + to-inf clause
She told us to sit down.
5 Two-complement patterns with COMPLEX-TRANSITIVE verbs (complex)
V + NG + AdjG
I found it useful.
V + NG + NG
They consider him a genius.
V + NG + as + NG
They denounced the bill as unconstitutional.
V + NG + obligatory locative
Put the dish in the microwave.
Non-finite clause (non-tensed)
V + NG + to-infinitive clause
They believe him to be a genius.
V + NG + bare inf clause
He made them stand up.
V + NG + bare infinitive
She saw two men enter the shop.
V + NG + -ing clause
He kept us waiting.
V + NG + -en clause
I heard two shots fired.
 Exercise 2: Text Rewriting (
b. Use the re-writing (you produced) to name the meaning (experiential or interpersonal) with
which the student-writer of the text has more difficulty. Comment also on the grammatical
system which is least well controlled in the text.
STEPS
 Read the text.
 As you do, you will notice some problems.
 Rewrite the text.
 Solve/tidy up the problems you identified.
 Analyze the text.
 What changes did you make when you rewrote the text?
 As you consider the changes you made, what can you discover about the most
problematic areas this writer had?
 Were the changes you made to the original text more in the area of interpersonal
meaning? Experiential meaning?
 Use that to explain/ analyze the text.