Modern Grammar - ASSIGNMENT 18 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:

1. To my surprise, the words on the first page of that author's new novel sent shivers down my back for hours.
2. John seemed normal before he ate that old man's strange mushrooms.
3. We need more time for fun, but we have hours of homework! (Note first example with a coordinate conjunction :) )
4. The lady threw her gloves and handkerchief to the knight, when he requested it sweetly.
5. The enmployees get a raise if they increase production or if the company's stock splits. (note that there's a coordinate conjunction of adverbial clauses!)
6. 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 the three clauses and see what connects them. )
SENTENCES WITH GERUND PHRASES:

7. Finding gerunds is easy.
8. That friendly monkey started giving the little girl pieces of its banana.
9. Your ignoring the facts will not change the situation. (Note that there is a determiner in the gerund noun phrase)
10. Actually, some people do like dancing in their bare feet.
DO THE BEST YOU CAN WITH THESE SENTENCES THAT HAVE Ss OR "S-BAR"s (WRITTEN AS S WITH LINE OVER IT) USED AS SUBORDINATE CLAUSES IN NEW VARIOUS WAYS:
11. The directions say we need every screw. ( a clause as a direct object)
12. That farmer thinks that his cows have magical powers.(another clause as a direct object --but a clause marked as subordinate by the use of a complementizer. -- ie. by the creation of an "S-BAR")
13. The frog asked whether any of us would kiss him. (Remember that there are other complementizers besides "that")
14. That your dog writes poetry seems unlikely. (an "S-BAR" used as the subject of another sentence)
15. That the cafeteria put peanut butter and sour pickles in the same sandwich disturbed the cafeteria's customers.
16. Because the students are experts at grammar, that this sentence has multiple clauses excites them.(Two subordinate clauses -- one an adverbial clause, one a subject!)
17. The butterfly was quite devastated that it made no butter. ("S-BAR" modifying an adjective phrase -- see rule in your handout)
18. The gladiator's constant reminders that he defeated all his challengers got tiresome quickly. ("S-BAR" modifying an "N-BAR" -- see rule in your handout)