Курсовая работа: Teaching sentence structure

Predicate position: The Smithsonian Institution is unique in the diversity of its collections (the italicized adjective follows the linking verb see)

Appositive position: Its American gold-coin collection, outstanding for its completeness, fascinates many visitors.

PRACTICE 10 Using Complements in Sentences.

Put each of the following verbs into a sentence with a predicate adjective, a predicate noun, or a predicate pronoun, Label each complement p.a., p.n., or p.pr.

am became looks tasted were elected

is felt smells has been appointed was named

will be grew sounded are considered were voted

2.4 Subject, Verb, Object

The direct object answers the question «Who?» or «What?» after an action verb.

Samuel Slater introduced the cotton mill to the United States. (Introduced what? Cotton mill.)

Like the English mill owners, Slater employed children in his factory. (Employed whom? Children.)

1. For his workers he built the first Sunday school in New England.

Sunday School, the direct object, is separated from the verb by a short vertical line.

2. The course of study included reading, writing, arithmetic, and religion.

Notice the compound direct object on horizontal lines.

PRACTICE 11 Recognizing Other Parts of the Sentence.

Diagram the following sentences.

OR Copy following sentences, skipping every other line. Underline the simple or compound subject once and every predicate verb twice. Put parentheses around prepositional phrases. Write p.a. (predicate adjective), p, n.) Predicate noun), d.o. (direct object) above every word used in one of these ways.

(In 1900) an obscure writer created a work (of lasting fame).

THE WIZARD OF OZ

A. 1. (After failures in several different fields,) L. Frank Baum wrote. The Wizard of Oz.

B. 1. Twice Baum announced the end (of the series)

2.5 Subject Verb, Indirect Object, Direct Object

When a direct object (answering the question «What?» or «Whom?») is used, an indirect object is sometimes used also, answering the question «To whom?» or «For whom?».

The indirect object usually comes between the verb and the direct object. Placing to or for before an indirect object does not usually change the sense.

The Scarecrow gave Dorothy directions. (Gave to whom? Dorothy.)

Dad built me a pigeon coop. (Build for? Me)

At the statue of Emmeline Labiche, Aunt Sally told Shirley and me the legend of Evangeline.

Shirley and me, the compound indirect object of told, are diagramed like the compound object of a preposition. Shirley and me answer the question «Told to whom?»