| Dr.
Johanna Rubba English Department (Linguistics) Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Last updated 4/28/04 © 2004 Johanna Rubba |
Key: Rubba Chs. 5 & 6 Exercises 5.1, 6.4, 6.6, 6.9 |
| Scroll down for Ch. 6 keys. | |
Ex. 5.1 Finding subjects and predicates Subject only is given. The remainder of each sentence is the predicate. |
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| Subject | |
| 1. Cal Poly | 6. Making less money |
| 2. The student body | 7. Marriage |
| 3. Flamenco guitarist Paco de Lucia | 8. Both genders |
| 4. The program | 9. The police officer |
| 5. One trend that helps explain the decrease in enrollment | 10. The suspect |
| 7. Marriage | |
| Ex. 6.4 Identifying phrase types | |
| 1. so tall: ADJ phrase | 4. extremely carefully: ADV phrase |
| 2. will have examined: verb phrase | 5. a really huge tent: Noun phrase (head: tent) |
| 3. between the buildings: Prep. phrase (head: between) | 6. very sad about your loss: ADJ phrase (head: sad) |
| Ex. 6.6 Identifying Phrase Roles (Parsing) | |
1.Subject: The Secretary
of State |
6.Subject: The loggers Direct object: the old tree Indirect object: (none) |
| 2.Subject: My father Direct object: a new car Indirect object: (none) |
7.Subject: My boyfriend Direct object: a sandwich Indirect object: me |
| 3.Subject: My father Direct object: a new car Indirect object: my sister |
8.Subject: Migratory birds Direct object: most of the ants Indirect object: (none) |
| 4.Subject: The mayor Direct object: the issue Indirect object: (none) |
9.Subject: (none) Direct object: a grape Indirect object: me |
| 5.Subject: The old
tree Direct object: (none) Indirect object: (none) |
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| Ex. 6.9 Identifying Adverbials (Parsing) | |
| 1. Yesterday; in the vending machine | 4.frantically |
| 2. Fortunately; the very same day. | 5. Sadly |
| 3. Every evening; after dinner; in our neighborhood | |