Traditional Grammar - Assignment 8 James Madison University

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

1. Find or create a short, simple sentence with a transitive, dynamic verb (i.e., with an action verb that takes a direct object) in the PRESENT tense and then write 8 other versions of that sentence varying tense, aspect, voice, etc. in the following ways:
   1. Past tense
   2. Present tense, progressive aspect
   3. Modal, progressive aspect
   4. past tense, perfect aspect
   5. modal, perfect, progressive
   6. present, passive voice
   7. past, perfect, passive
   8. modal, perfect, progressive passive
2. Do the same with a transitive, stative verb for the first six verb phrase forms listed. What happens when you try to add progressive aspect?
3. What are the features of the verb phrase (ie., tense, modal, aspect, voice) in the following sentences:
   1. The king has offered his foes a treaty.
   2. John's credentials might have been being questioned.
4. First, review Emery lesson 6 in light of our discussion of passives. Note, especially, how the way a direct object gets diagrammed if it occurs as a direct object in a passive sentence (page 32). Next, diagram the following sentences, and, for each, write down what sentence pattern it would be have been as an active sentence:
   1. Emery p. 13, exs. 5 (ignore the word "already") and 14 (ignore "this year")
   2. Emery p. 32-33, ex. 2, 8 (ignore "earlier"), 16 (ignore "most certainly")
5. Diagram the first nine sentences in their entirety. The sentences after those are optional, additional practice. Below the later sentences is another list, as requested, saying what sentence pattern each falls into. (If you choose to do these extra sentences, you might want to try them once and then check the extra information. If you chose the wrong pattern for a sentence, go back to your notes and see if you can figure out why the pattern you chose is not possible for that sentence. For example, maybe you called some phrase in the sentence an indirect object even though the phrase does not decribe someone/something that is a recipient or beneficiary? Of maybe you thought you had an SVC pattern, but the verb in the sentence is not the right type?)
   1. The fat walrus cracked the ice.
   2. That important public announcement made us nervous.
   3. Bring them several large caffeinated cappuccinos!
   4. All the untrained volunteers became serious workers.
   5. Have I been made a finalist?
   6. Our fresh, powerful, exciting, new fragrance stinks.
   7. There was a loud scream.
   8. Which friend drove you there?
   9. Mary's team looks ready.
   10. What crazy things your professor says!
   11. Some sound strange.
   12. Those two businessmen sent each other identical contracts.
   13. Nobody calls me a liar!
   14. The final runner did get here.
   15. Fix that annoying radio.