Modern Grammar - ASSIGNMENT 19 James Madison University

Instructions: This assignment will be marked as an acceptable or unacceptable effort. Taking time to go slowly and carefully, diagram each of the following sentences. Remember that you have practiced all the basic types of constituents and just need to find combinations.

SOME PRACTICE WITH SENTENCES WITH GERUND PHRASES:

1. Finding gerunds is easy.
2. That friendly monkey started giving the little girl pieces of its fruit.
3. Your ignoring the facts will not change the situation.
4. Actually, some people do like dancing in their bare feet.
SOME SENTENCES CONTAINING COORDINATE CONJUNCTIONS:

5. Betty and Jughead are planning an amazing party.
6. Those mushrooms may be safe, but they could be poisonous.
7. He washed and polished his car before his date with Odette.
8. Carefully, the farmer picked all the ripest and tastiest fruit.
9. Slowly but steadily, the snail inched towards the sea.
NOW, HERE ARE SOME MORE SENTENCES FOR YOU TO TRY WITHOUT BEING TOLD WHAT CONSTRUCTIONS TO LOOK FOR:

10. While Ken was travelling, his housemates changed the locks.
11. Once you have completed your work, you should turn off your computer.
12. Although the guests did not leave early, the party was quiet and rather boring.
13. The lady threw her gloves and handkerchief to the knight when he requested it sweetly.
14. The employees get a raise if they increase production or if the company's stock splits.
15. From the beginning, the story seemed new and exciting to most of us.
16. Their screaming at the waiter will not help in any way.
17. Ultimately, he did finish writing his article about endangered ghosts before the magazine's deadline.
18. While I was getting sponges and soap, those kids spilled more food onto the sticky floor.
19. After the nervous babysitter turned off the lights, she became scared of the shadows in the old house because she was familiar with the dark rumors about that neighborhood. (Don't panic -- just find three clauses and see how two of them work as adverbial clauses. Watch for the verb-particle combo too and for the roles of the various PPs)

FINALLY, HERE IS PRACTICE WITH AN S-BAR (OR EVEN JUST AN S) USED IN EACH OF THE "COMPLEMENT" WAYS WE DISCUSSED ON TUESDAY. IF YOU'RE SHORT ON TIME, FOCUS FOR NOW ON FINDING THE COMPLEMENT CLAUSE AND SAYING WHAT RULE YOU'D USE.)

20. The directions say we need every screw. (Sentential direct object, no complementizer)
21. Undoubtedly, many customers complained that the food was bland and overcooked. ( sentential direct object with "that" as a complementizer.)
22. The actor doubted if he got a part in the new sitcom. (Sentential direct object with "if" as the complementizer conjunction.)
23. That the squeaky wheel gets the grease frustrates quieter people. (A sentential subject for the verb "frustrates" )
24. That those fish can fly seems very unlikely. (another sentential subject)
25. The revelation that the lion loved the mouse shocked everyone. (A noun complement after the noun "revelation".
26. She is afraid that her feet grow larger on a daily basis. (An adjective complement after the adjective "afraid.")