Monday, May 18, 2009

Session 4: Identifying The Secondary Sentence Elements

Exercise Your Knowledge

Indicate whether the bold words from the sentences are adjectives (ADJ), adverb (ADV), nouns (N), prepositional phrases (PP), verbal phrases (VP), subordinate clauses (SC), or appositives (AP). Just write the initials of the sentence elements.

Example: The (a) angry tiger jumped (b) quickly (c) across the plain.
Answer: (a) ADJ (b) ADV (c) PP


1. Valentino Rossi, (1) a Moto GP world champion, was (2) left-handed.
2. (3) Sailing across the stormy ocean, the ship began (4) to rock.
3. Politicians (5) who deceive the public should be (6) heavily punished (7) by the government.
4. Lana worked in a (8) fancy restaurant (9) under the bridge.
5. Our (10) national monument, (11) Monas, is our (12) national treasure.
6. (13) Putting away the fire-extinguisher, the fat fireman stepped (15) bravely (16) into the burnt building.
7. The (17) glass building shone (18) beautifully (19) in the sunlight.
8. The King Cobra, (20) a ferocious snake, strikes (21) quickly and (22) deadly.
9. (23) Some birds (24) migrate seasonally although they have to go (25) a very long distance.

This is all the questions we have for you for this time. Take your time to finish them and hope for the best.
We’ll see you at the next post!

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