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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
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Sometimes, it is very hot and dry at school.

Would it be the subject and is very hot and dry at school the predicate?
Also does 'at' act as a conjunction and is school an object?
  

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Anonymous Would ' it ' be the subject Yes. Anonymous and is ' very hot and dry at school ' the predicate? No, that is the subject complement.

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  • Anonymous Would ' it ' be the subject Yes.
  • Anonymous and is ' very hot and dry at school ' the predicate?
  • No, that is the subject complement.
  • The predicate is is very hot and dry at school.
  • Anonymous Also does 'at' act as a conjunction and is ' school ' an object?
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AnonymousWould 'it' be the subject
Yes.
Anonymousand is 'very hot and dry at school' the predicate?
No, that is the subject complement. The predicate is
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Hello Aspara Gus

So the pattern of this sentence is:

Adverbial of time (sometimes) + Subject (it) + Verb (is) + Subject Complement (very hot and dry at school) ?

"at school" cannot be considered an Adverbial of place, then?
Is "sometimes" an optional adverbial?

All the best,
Hela
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Hi, Hela,
HelaAdverbial of time (sometimes) + Subject (it) + Verb (is) + Subject Complement (very hot and dry at school) ?
You have mixed labels here. Adverbial of time and verb are not functions, like subject and subject complement. Sometimes functions as adjunct, and is functions as predicator.
Hela
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"Sometimes, it is very hot and dry at school." "Sometimes, at school it is very hot and dry."

"At school" is a prepositional phrase describing place.

In your sentence, it functions as an adverbial to the clause "it is very hot and dry."
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