Instructions: Using all the knowledge learned in the previous lessons, find the verb (v), subjects (subj), predicate nominatives (pn), direct objects (do), appositives (app), nouns of address (na), adjectives (adj), predicate adjectives (pa), adverbs (adv), prepositions (prep), objects of the preposition (op), prepositional phrases (p ph), indirect objects (io), and objective complements (oc) in the following sentences.
If the word is verbal, tell
whether it is a gerund, participle, noun infinitive, adjective infinitive,
or adverb infinitive. Tell which word the adjective, adverb,
prepositional phrase, verbal, or
verbal phrase modify.
If the sentence has a dependent
clause, tell whether it is a noun clause, adverb clause, or adjective clause.
Tell which word the adverb and adjective clause modify. Tell how
the noun clause is used.
1. We offered whoever caused the
accident a chance to confess.
2. The man whose leg was amputated
was glad to be alive.
3. The judge is the person to whom
you should talk.
4. When the mayor explained his plan,
the citizens were pleased.
5. It is unfortunate that you do not
agree.
6. The news that thousands had been
killed was correct.
7. This house is where your
grandmother lived.
8. Why you don't like him is hard to
understand.
9. If you are unable to find it, call
me at home.
10. The manager said that everyone
would get a raise.
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Answers:
1. offered = verb, we = subject,
chance = direct object, a = adjective modifying chance, to confess = adjective
infinitive used as object complement; (whoever caused the accident) = noun
clause used as an indirect object, caused = verb, whoever = noun clause
introductory word used as the subject, accident = direct object, the = adjective
modifying accident
2. was = verb, man = subject, the =
adjective modifying man, glad = predicate adjective modifying man, to be =
adverb infinitive modifying glad, alive = predicate adjective to the infinitive
to be; (whose leg was amputated) = adjective clause modifying man, was amputated
= verb, leg = subject, whose = adjective modifying leg
3. is = verb, judge = subject, person
= predicate nominative, the = adjective modifying judge, the = adjective
modifying person; to whom you should talk = adjective prepositional phrase
modifying person, (whom you should talk) = noun clause used as the object of the
preposition, should talk = verb, you = subject, whom = noun clause introductory
word used as the direct object
4. were pleased = verb, citizens =
subject, the = adjective modifying citizens; (when the mayor explained his plan)
= adverb clause modifying were pleased, explained = verb, mayor = subject, plan
= direct object, the = adjective modifying mayor, his = adjective modifying
plan, when = subordinate conjunction introducing the adverb clause
5. is = verb, it = subject,
unfortunate = predicate adjective modifying it; (that you do not agree) = adverb
clause modifying unfortunate, do agree = verb, you = subject, not = adverb
modifying do agree, that = subordinate conjunction introducing the adverb clause
6. was = verb, news = subject,
correct = predicate adjective modifying news, the = adjective modifying news;
(that thousands had been killed) = noun clause used as an appositive, had been
killed = verb, thousands = subject, that = noun introductory word that does not
fit grammatically with the sentence
7. is = verb, house = subject, this =
adjective modifying house; (where your grandmother lived) = noun clause used as
a predicate nominative, lived = verb, grandmother = subject, your = adjective
modifying grandmother, where = noun clause introductory word used as an adverb
modifying lived
8. is = verb; (why you don't like
him) = noun clause used as the subject, do like = verb, you = subject, him =
direct object, n't = adverb modifying do like, why = noun clause introductory
word used as an adverb modifying do like; hard = predicate adjective modifying
the noun clause, to understand = adverb infinitive modifying hard
9. call = verb, (you understood) =
subject, me = direct object, at home = adverb prepositional phrase modifying
call, at = preposition, home = object of the preposition; (if you are unable to
find it) = adverb clause modifying call, are = verb, you = subject, unable =
predicate adjective modifying you, to find = adverb infinitive modifying unable,
it = direct object to the infinitive, if = subordinate conjunction introducing
the adverb clause
10. said = verb, manager = subject,
the = adjective modifying manager; (that everyone would get a raise) = noun
clause used as the direct object, would get = verb, everyone = subject, raise =
direct object, a = adjective modifying raise, that = noun clause introductory
word that does not fit grammatically with the sentence
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