Exercise b.

Underline the subject in the following sentences.

1. Many communities suffer storm damage.

2. Building should be forbidden on beaches and dunes.

3. Wild Atlantic storms have piled up dunes over the years.

4. The sandy shifting shorelines move with storms and currents.

5. This extremely unstable property is dangerous for building.

6. These very fragile areas protect wildlife.

7. Its area remains small.

8. Almost no public transportation serves the area.

9. Carpooling can reduce the crushing traffic load.

10. A separate transit system eventually may be possible.

Sohn, David and Enger, Edward. 1990. Writing by doing: Lincolnwood, Illinois, National Textbook

Company. Pp 219-221.
Exercise c.

Rearrange the following words so they make sense as sentences.

1. took Ramona night Juan movies the to last

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2. because the it meowed cat hungry was

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3. the on the stranger street barked the at dog the

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4. eating George cream cone enjoyed ice the

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5. tennis Sally with friend played her

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Sohn, David and Enger, Edward. 1990. Writing by doing: Lincolnwood, Illinois, National Textbook

Company. Pp 20.

Functions
1. Subject- (who does the action? Who is responsible for this action or who do we refer to?)
2. Predicate (What do we say about the subject?)
3. Predicator (verb). (action, link)
4. Direct object (noun, what does he/she / it do?)
5. Indirect object (to whom?) Noun,Beneficiary of the action.
6. Adjunct (adverb) How? When?, where?, why?, to what extent or how much?
I gave my mother a sweater yesterday

Functional analysis

Who (1), does (3), what (4)to whom (5), when,where, why, to what extend? (adjunct)

Exercise: Color the direct object blue and underline the indirect object in the following
sentences.

Example: I bought my son a new laptop

1. Has your boss sent you a notice about the next convention?
2. John read his tiny nephew an exciting story.
3. Our father built the family a redwood picnic table.
4. The doctor sent me a bill for his services.
5. We gave my mother a book for her birthday.
6. Has Terri shown Jeanne and Barbara her new ring?
7. The new highway saved the travelers several miles.
8. Did the workers give the spies confidential information?
9. Will Jim get us tickets to the game?
10. I bought Ila and Jeff two big pieces of cake.
11. The new manager offered Jay a higher position.
12. This spring Carl told us his plans for the summer.
13. Many jobs don't pay the employees much money.
14. Mr. Blower read the neighbor children some interesting stories about Australia.
15. Mr. Smith, my broker, sold my parents some stock yesterday.