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Recognizing Parts of Speech
1. How many sentences are there in the excerpt below? Write 1, 2, 3, … in front of each
sentence.
Emerging from World War 2 and the Nuremberg trials, societies looked to the 21st
century to herald a new era of human rights. Yet in its first decade torture has occurred
in countries claiming to be global human rights leaders, and in others an abysmal human
rights record has simply continued. In 2010, George Bush defended so-called
waterboarding on the grounds that it had saved lives in the USA and UK, ignoring other
legal opinions, the unreliability of evidence gained under duress, and the banning of such
practices by Barack Obama.
2. Circle the subject of the second sentence.
Emerging from World War 2 and the Nuremberg trials, societies looked to the 21st
century to herald a new era of human rights. Yet in its first decade torture has occurred
in countries claiming to be global human rights leaders, and in others an abysmal human
rights record has simply continued. In 2010, George Bush defended so-called
waterboarding on the grounds that it had saved lives in the USA and UK, ignoring other
legal opinions, the unreliability of evidence gained under duress, and the banning of such
practices by Barack Obama.
3. Circle all adjectives in the first two sentences and underline the word that each adjective
modifies.
Emerging from World War 2 and the Nuremberg trials, societies looked to the 21st
century to herald a new era of human rights. Yet in its first decade torture has occurred
in countries claiming to be global human rights leaders, and in others an abysmal human
rights record has simply continued. In 2010, George Bush defended so-called
waterboarding on the grounds that it had saved lives in the USA and UK, ignoring other
legal opinions, the unreliability of evidence gained under duress, and the banning of such
practices by Barack Obama.
4.
Underline all sentences that contain an adverb and circle the adverb.
Emerging from World War 2 and the Nuremberg trials, societies looked to the 21st
century to herald a new era of human rights. Yet in its first decade torture has occurred
in countries claiming to be global human rights leaders, and in others an abysmal human
rights record has simply continued. In 2010, George Bush defended so-called
waterboarding on the grounds that it had saved lives in the USA and UK, ignoring other
legal opinions, the unreliability of evidence gained under duress, and the banning of such
practices by Barack Obama.
5. Underline all prepositional phrases in the last sentence.
Emerging from World War 2 and the Nuremberg trials, societies looked to the 21st
century to herald a new era of human rights. Yet in its first decade torture has occurred
in countries claiming to be global human rights leaders, and in others an abysmal human
rights record has simply continued. In 2010, George Bush defended so-called
waterboarding on the grounds that it had saved lives in the USA and UK, ignoring other
legal opinions, the unreliability of evidence gained under duress, and the banning of such
practices by Barack Obama.
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6. Underline all infinitive phrases.
Emerging from World War 2 and the Nuremberg trials, societies looked to the 21st
century to herald a new era of human rights. Yet in its first decade torture has occurred
in countries claiming to be global human rights leaders, and in others an abysmal human
rights record has simply continued. In 2010, George Bush defended so-called
waterboarding on the grounds that it had saved lives in the USA and UK, ignoring other
legal opinions, the unreliability of evidence gained under duress, and the banning of such
practices by Barack Obama.
7. Underline all participial phrases.
Emerging from World War 2 and the Nuremberg trials, societies looked to the 21st
century to herald a new era of human rights. Yet in its first decade torture has occurred
in countries claiming to be global human rights leaders, and in others an abysmal human
rights record has simply continued. In 2010, George Bush defended so-called
waterboarding on the grounds that it had saved lives in the USA and UK, ignoring other
legal opinions, the unreliability of evidence gained under duress, and the banning of such
practices by Barack Obama.
8. Circle all coordinating conjunctions and underline the parts that each conjunction
combines.
Emerging from World War 2 and the Nuremberg trials, societies looked to the 21st
century to herald a new era of human rights. Yet in its first decade torture has occurred
in countries claiming to be global human rights leaders, and in others an abysmal human
rights record has simply continued. In 2010, George Bush defended so-called
waterboarding on the grounds that it had saved lives in the USA and UK, ignoring other
legal opinions, the unreliability of evidence gained under duress, and the banning of such
practices by Barack Obama.
9. Underline all dependent clauses.
After a visit to Sri Lanka in 2007, Manfred Nowak, the UN Special Rapporteur on
Torture, reported that torture was "widely practised" and that "this practice is prone to
become routine in the context of counter-terrorism operations, in particular by the
[Terrorist Investigation Department]
10. Underline the verb in the passive voice.
After a visit to Sri Lanka in 2007, Manfred Nowak, the UN Special Rapporteur on
Torture, reported that torture was "widely practised" and that "this practice is prone to
become routine in the context of counter-terrorism operations, in particular by the
[Terrorist Investigation Department]
11. Underline a participial phrase.
Medical complicity in torture, as outlined in the World Medical Association (WMA)
Declaration of Tokyo, occurs when physicians willingly take part in, facilitate, or allow
torture by failing to report clinical evidence of it to the relevant authorities.
12. Underline the verb in the passive voice
Examples of direct participation in torture include provision of medical knowledge to
interrogators, disregard of medical confidentiality, force-feeding of rational people on
hunger strike, and falsification of medical records or death certificates. Tragically all these
forms of unethical conduct are represented in a new report-Preventing torture: the role
of physicians and their professional organisations: principles and practice.
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13. Underline the gerundial phrase.
Our overview therefore documents the positive health effects of Greek philosophy,
which prolongs life. To confirm these findings definitively, we suggest launching the
SOCRATES trial, which might test the cardiovascular effects of hemlock and its impact
on mortality.
14. Underline an infinitive phrase.
15. Our overview therefore documents the positive health effects of Greek philosophy,
which prolongs life. To confirm these findings definitively, we suggest launching the
SOCRATES trial, which might test the cardiovascular effects of hemlock and its impact
on mortality.
16. Underline a participial phrase.
We reviewed the main cardiovascular clinical trials published from 2000 to 2011 in
Medline and other databases. After extensive (although probably not fully exhaustive)
review, we selected trials with at least 1000 person-years and which reported total
mortality as an outcome event. Trials with a factorial design or with multiple groups were
counted as multiple trials.
17. Underline a gerundial phrase.
Past studies on the effect of an induced abortion on mental health have been mixed in
terms of their quality, findings, and interpretation. Some have shown no harm while
others have found associations with mental disorders. Last week, the world's largest,
most comprehensive systematic review on mental health outcomes of abortion was
published by the UK Academy of Medical Royal Colleges (AMRC). The review claimed
to provide a definitive answer: having an abortion does not increase the risk of mental
health problems.
18. Underline all the verbs in the passive voice.
Past studies on the effect of an induced abortion on mental health have been mixed in
terms of their quality, findings, and interpretation. Some have shown no harm while
others have found associations with mental disorders. Last week, the world's largest,
most comprehensive systematic review on mental health outcomes of abortion was
published by the UK Academy of Medical Royal Colleges (AMRC). The review claimed
to provide a definitive answer: having an abortion does not increase the risk of mental
health problems.
19. Underline a dependent clause.
Past studies on the effect of an induced abortion on mental health have been mixed in
terms of their quality, findings, and interpretation. Some have shown no harm while
others have found associations with mental disorders. Last week, the world's largest,
most comprehensive systematic review on mental health outcomes of abortion was
published by the UK Academy of Medical Royal Colleges (AMRC). The review claimed
to provide a definitive answer: having an abortion does not increase the risk of mental
health problems.
20. Circle the subject of the underlined sentence.
Past studies on the effect of an induced abortion on mental health have been mixed in
terms of their quality, findings, and interpretation. Some have shown no harm while
others have found associations with mental disorders. Last week, the world's largest,
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most comprehensive systematic review on mental health outcomes of abortion was
published by the UK Academy of Medical Royal Colleges (AMRC). The review claimed
to provide a definitive answer: having an abortion does not increase the risk of mental
health problems
What that the following sentence parts?
a. dependent clause
b. independent clause
c. infinitive phrase
d. participial phrase
e. prepositional phrase
1. although health promotion has struggled to identify and define itself in terms of its
professional status and accreditation
2. to think outside the traditional public health "box"
3. in his presentation at the Royal Society for Public Health Conference in London,
UK, on Sept 8-9, 2011
4. after extensive (although probably not fully exhaustive) review
5. However, women who had mental health problems before an abortion
6. whatever the resolution of their pregnancy
7. the review included 44 high-quality studies
8. to have an abortion or continue with the pregnancy
9. of the mental illness
10. (the review included 44 high-quality studies) done in developed countries and
published between 1990 and 2011