Курсовая работа: Teaching sentence structure

A. 1. To be great is to be misunderstood.-Ralph Waldo Emerson

2. I’d like to go with you.

3. To procrastinate is to put off action.

4. Benjamin Franklin wanted the wild turkey to be our national bird.

B. 1. The first spot in the nation to fly officially the American flag with forty-ninth stars was Fort McHenry.

2. At this fort near Baltimore, Francis Scott Key was inspired to write our national anthem.

3. To display the American Flag Day and night is a special privilege.

4. A 1948 proclamation permits Fort McHenry National Monument to fly the flag day and night.

PRACTICE 26 Recognizing Verbals

Copy every verbal in the following sentences. Draw one line under a participle, a wavy line under a gerund, and a broken line under an infinitive. Copy the whole participle, whether it is one, two, or three words. Include sign to of the infinitive if it is expressed.

THE OLD-TIME PEDDLER

A. 1. A scene in the famous musical Oklahoma! Shows a Yankee peddler arriving at a farmhouse. 2. Everyone gathers around enthusiastically to greet this visitor from the world outside.3. For two centuries this scene was reenacted in pioneer villages depending in part upon the products delivered by the peddler. 4. By transporting necessary goods to distant farms, the peddlers helped to settle new territories. 5. Some peddlers and most medicine men undoubtedly helped to give all a bad name. 6. Yet the solid contributions made by these adventurers must be acknowledged.

7. Limited by the weight and bulk of the objects, the peddlers still managed to carry a surprising number of items 8. They usually tried to stock household items like pots, pans, nails, thread, buttons, scissors, combs, ribbons and mirrors. B. 1. Pioneer women, surrounded by homemade products, longed to own a bit of fancy lace or to serve exotic foods like coffee and tea. 2. Some peddlers even managed to pe