Traditional Grammar - Assignment 10 James Madison University

Instructions: [This assignment will be marked only as an acceptable or unacceptable effort.]

Diagram each of the following sentences, and watch out in particular for adverbs and adverbials:

1. Think fast.
2. We had already worked out all the implications.
3. The gigantic dragon was very slowly turning its massive head.
4. Everybody must have been told the rumors immediately.
5. Fred's car is an extremely expensive one.
6. There suddenly appeared a slightly tipsy ghost.
7. Did the deep, dark woods always make Dorothy afraid?
8. The spell surely must have been recited incorrectly.
9. Is my entry really a potential winner?
10. Carefully bring them several large decaffeinated cappuccinos now!
11. All the untrained volunteers became rather serious workers.
12. Which friend drove you there?
13. Luckily, Mary's team looks ready.
14. Unfortunately, It’s a Wonderful Life is his favorite movie.
15. What an extremely unusual gift that zookeeper brought me!
16. Which button turned that shockingly bright light on yesterday?
17. Somewhat surprisingly, extraordinary things turn up every day. (Note that "every day" is adverbial here. Where should it go, and how can you still show that "every" modifies "day"?)
18. The young man's claws should have seemed quite strange. (There's a diagramming issue related to dependent genitives in this last sentence that we haven't discussed. See if you can figure it out. :) )