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The number one thing people forget to do is that they have houseplants and
tender plants out there in pots.
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The simple subject
The complete subject
The main verb
The structure name of “people forget to do” and its grammatical function.
Is the structure “that they…pots” a phrase or a clause? What is the grammatical
cateogry of the structure?
6. The position of the the structure “that they…pots” in grammar is called?
Morris advises checking for slugs because that can get you into marriage
counseling if they’re crawling on the main window.
7. Is “checking” a gerund or a participle? Is “crawling” a gerund or a participle?
8. The structure name of “because….window” and its grammatical function.
9. The structure “if…window” modifies what?
10. The phrase name of “on the main window”
Answers:
1. thing
2. The number one thing people forget to do
3. is
4. Restrictive Relative clause, As an adjective
5. a clause, as a noun
6. subject complement
7. a gerund, a participle
8. subordinate clause, as an adverbial
9. that can get you into marriage counseling
10. prepostional phrase
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2. New data released Thursday suggests that the Arctic Ocean will be "largely ice
free" during summer within a decade.
1. The simple subject
2. The complete subject
When the Arctic sea ice melts, polar bears face extinction.
3. The main verb
4. The structure name of “When the Arctic sea ice melts” and its grammatical
function.
Researchers predict that within 20 years ice cover will be completely gone during
the warmer months.The expedition, which was completed in May, was led by UK
explorer Pen Hadow.
5. What is the grammatical category of “that…months” and why?
6. The name of the structure “which…May” and its grammatical function.
He and his team collected data by manually drilling into the ice and noting its
thickness.
7. Are “drilling” and “noting” gerunds or participles?
They found that the area surveyed was comprised almost exclusively of first year
ice. Professor Wadhams, head of the Polar Ocean Physics Group, added: "The
Catlin Arctic Survey data supports the new consensus view that the Arctic will be
ice-free in summer within about 20 years.
8. What is the grammatical category of “surveyed”?
9. What is the structure “head…Group” in such a position usually called in grammar?
What is its grammatical category?
10. What is the grammatical function of “that the Arctic…years”? Why?
Answers: 1. data 2. New data released Thursday 3. face 4. Subordinate
clause, as an adverbial 5. Noun, it’s in the object position 6. Nonrestrict
relative clause, as an adjectival 7. Gerunds 8. Past participle/as an adjectival
9. Appositive, noun 10. Noun, as an appositive
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Andrew Lloyd Webber, the award-winning composer and producer of more than a
dozen musicals including "The Phantom of the Opera" and "Cats," has been
diagnosed with prostate cancer.
1. The simple subject
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The complete subject
The main verb
The grammatical category of “the award…Cats” and its grammatical function.
The main word or words in “the award…Cats”
The grammatical category of “with prostate cancer” and its grammatical function.
Andrew is now undergoing treatment and expects to be fully back at work before
the end of the year
7. the main verb
8. the name of the structure “to be fully back at work before the end of the year” and
its grammatical function.
9. Is “before” a preposition or a conjunction?
10. If “before” in question 9 is a preposition, why? If “before” in question 9 is a
conjunction, why?
Answers:
1. Andrew Lloyd Webber
2. Andrew Lloyd Webber, the award-winning composer and producer of more than
a dozen musicals including "The Phantom of the Opera" and "Cats,"
3. diagnosed
4. Noun, as an appositive
5. composer, producer
6. prepostional phrase, as an adverbial
7. undergoing, expects
8. infinitive phrase, as a noun
9. a preposition,
10. it is followed by a Noun Phrase
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Most hotels on the brink have lost their ability to repay their loans, so they can't
cover their operating costs.
1. The simple subject
2. The complete subject
3. The main verb
4. The name of the phrase “to repay their loans” and its grammatical function
5. Is “operating” a gerund or a participle?
When you see public areas like the lobby in need of some updating or rooms that
are dilapidated, this is a sign that a hotel is in financial trouble.
6. The name of the structure “When….dilapidated” and its grammatical function
7. The name of the structure “like the lobby” and its grammatical function.
8. Is “updating” a gerund or a participle?
9. The name of the structure “that are dilapidated” and its grammatical function
10. The grammatical category of the clause “that a hotel…trouble” and why?
Answers:
1. hotels, they
2. Most hotels on the brink, they
3. lost, cover
4. infinitive phrase, adjectival/noun
5. a gerund
6. subordinate clause, adverbial
7. prepositional phrase, adjectival
8. a gerund
9. restrictive relative clause, adjectival
10. noun, appositive
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In response to Paterson's request, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, who is
gay, issued a plea of her own, telling reporters Monday that having the bill on the
agenda gives gay New Yorkers hope.
1. The simple subject, The complete subject
2. The structure name of “In response to Paterson’s request” and its grammatical
function
3. The structure name of “City Council Speaker” and its grammatical category.
4. The structure name of “telling…hope” and its grammatical function
5. Is “that having…hope” a clause or a phrase? What is its grammatical category?
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Is “having” a gerund or a participle?
Forget whatever diplomatic dialogue, multilateral trade deals or climate change
initiatives come out of an APEC summit.
7. The simple subject
8. The main verb
9. Is the main verb’s object a phrase or a clause? What’s its grammatical category?
10. Write out the main verb’s object.
Answers:
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Christine Quinn, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, who is gay,
Prepositional phrase, adverbial
Restrictive appositive, noun
Participial phrase, adverbial
Clause, noun
Gerund
You
Forget
9. a clause, noun
10. whatever….summit
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"The LHC is back," the European Organization for Nuclear Research announced
triumphantly Friday, as the world's largest particle accelerator resumed operation
more than a year after an electrical failure shut it down.
1. Identify the subordinating conjunction(s)
2. Identify the subordinate clause(s)
3. Identify the noun clause(s)
4. Is “down” a preposition or a particle? Why?
Restarting the Large Hadron Collider -- the $10 billion research tool's full name -has been "a herculean effort," CERN's director for accelerators, Steve Myers, said
in a statement announcing the success.
5. Is “restarting the Large Haredon Collider” a phrase or a clause? What’s its
grammactical category?
6. The simple subject
7. The complete subject
8. The main verb
9. Write out the appositive(s)
10. Is “announcing” a gerund or a participle?
Answers:
1. (that), as, after
2. "The LHC is back," as the world's largest particle accelerator resumed
operation more than a year after an electrical failure shut it down, after an
electrical failure shut it down
3. "The LHC is back,"
4. a particle, no noun follows it
5. a phrase, noun (a gerund phrase)
6. Steve Myers
7. CERN's director for accelerators, Steve Myers
8. said
9. the $10 billion research tool's full name, CERN's director for accelerators
10. a participle
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A White House photograph taken Tuesday evening shows Michaele Salahi, wearing
a gold-accented red sari, clasping her hands around Obama's right hand as her
smiling husband, Tareq, looks on.
1. The simple subject
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The complete subject
The main verb
Write out the appositive(s)
Is “as” a preposition or a conjuction? Why?
The fact that they are having difficulty repaying this debt is not news; it is not a
surprise. What is more of a surprise is that the government of Dubai has not
stepped in to help them out.
6. Write out all the noun clauses
7. The grammar name of “What” in this sentence.
8. Write out all the prepostional phrases
9. The structure name of “to halp them out” and its grammatical function.
10. Write out all the participles
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photograph
A White House photograph taken Tuesday evening
shows
Tareq
a conjuction, it is fllowed by a clause
that they….debt, What …surprise, that the…out
relative pronoun
of a surprise, of Dubai
9. infinitive phrase, adverbial
10. having, stepped
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There are still outstanding issues that must be negotiated for an agreement to be
reached, but this decision reflects the president's commitment to doing all that he
can to pursue a positive outcome.
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The simple subject
The main verb
Write out all the relative clauses
Write out all the participles
Write out all the infinitive phrases
The grammar name of the word “but”
7. Write out all the gerunds
"President Obama needs to be there at the same time as all the other world leaders:
December 18," Greenpeace spokesman Mike Townsley said. "This is when he is
needed to get the right agreement.”
8. Write out all the noun clauses
9. The grammar name of the word “when”
10. The grammatical category of “to be there…18” and why?
Answers:
1. There, decision
2. are, reflects
3. that must be negotiated for an agreement to be reached, that he can
4. negotiated, reached,
5. to be reached, to pursue a positive outcome
6. coordinate conjunction
7. doing
8. President Obama needs to be there at the same time as all the other world
leaders: December 18, when he is needed to get the right agreement
9. relative adverb
10. noun, as the object
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Of the 27 cabinet ministers, 24 were present at the meeting and they were wearing
blue sashes that said "Save the Himalayas."
1. The simple subject
2. The complete subject
3. The main verb
4. The grammatical category of “blue sashes that said "Save the Himalayas."
It may be the excitement of an exotic location, the rush of being on your own or the
thrill of meeting someone from a completely different culture -- a fateful encounter
while traveling can make two people crazy about each other in a way few other
pairings can.
5. Is “It” a dummy subject? Why or why not?
6. What are the subject complement?
7. Identify all the gerunds
8. Identify all the participles
9. Identify all the relative clauses
10. The grammatical category of “a fateful….pairings can” and why?
Answers:
1. 24 , they
2. Of the 27 cabinet ministers, 24, they
3. were, wearing
4. noun
5. No, because no real subject is found in the sentence (when “it” serves as a
dummy subject, the real subject can only be infinitive, gerund, or that clause)
6. the excitement … pairings can.
7. being, meeting
8. traveling
9. few other pairings can.
10. noun, appositive clause
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During these days of two-paycheck parents commuting and cocooning because they're
afraid to let their kids run unsupervised outside, it is becoming increasingly common to
buy a house and eight years later realize that you have never met your neighbors.
1. The structure name of “During…..outside” and its grammatical function.
2. The structure name of “because….outside” and its grammatical function.
3. The structure name of “to let…..outside” and its grammatical function.
4. The structure name of “to buy….neighbors” and its grammatical function.
5. Identify a noun clause
6. The phrasal name of “increasingly common”
If that's your situation, consider yourself lucky, because oddball and unusual neighbors do
still exist.
7. The simple subject
8. The complete subject
9. The main verb
10. The structure name of “If…situation” and its grammatical function.
Answers:
1. prepositional phrase, adverbial
2. subordinate clause, adverbial
3. infinitive phrase, adverbial
4. infinitive phrase, noun
5. that you have never met your neighbors
6. Adjective phrase
7. you
8. you
9. consider
10. subordinate clause, adverbial
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