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Identifying
Sentence Components - an exercise
If you can rapidly identify
sentence structure and parts, you will increase your ability to revise.
In this exercise, copy the
passage from "What drives the 10-year cycle of snowshoe hares?"
to a word processor. Print it at double-line spacing so you have space for
notations. Then, locate the sentence parts as indicated below and check
for my correct answers. Find information on verbs, direct objects, etc.,
in the Index.
Locate all subjects and
verbs - check here for the
correct answers (subjects are circled and connected to their verbs with
a line and arrow).
Locate all direct objects
- check here for the correct answers.
Locate all prepositions
and prepositional phrases - check here
for the correct answers.
Locate all dependent
clauses (and past participles acting as adjectives) - check here for the correct answers.
Locate all infinitives
- check here for the correct answers.
Locate all present participles
acting as adjectives - check here
for the correct answers.
Locate all gerunds
- check here for the correct answers.
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