Exercise 2: Diagramming Compound Subject Plus Verb
C.D. Atkins, Louis MacDowell, and Edwin Moore
Directions: In each of the following sentences, underline the compound
subjects once and the verb twice. If necessary, make the verb plural by
drawing a line through the single verb and writing the plural form
above it. Diagram the sentence by using the models above and
drawing the compound subjects and the plural verb in the space
provided. The first one is done for you.
1.
The researcher and the administrator were involved in the idea of
frozen, concentrated orange juice.
Diagram of subjects and verb:
researcher
and
were involved
administrator
2.
The tinkerer and the inventor helped in the discovery of a new way to
drink orange juice.
Diagram of subjects and verb:
3.
Lakeland and Winter Haven served as homes for two of the men.
Diagram of subjects and verb:
4.
Atkins and Moore are in their late eighties now.
Diagram of subjects and verb:
5.
The federal government and the Florida Citrus Commission worked
on a new orange juice product for troops on the battlefields of Europe.
Diagram of subjects and verb:
6.
A crystallized product and a syrupy mixture already existed.
Diagram of subjects and verb:
7.
For three years, a tiny U.S. government-owned building and a town
called Winter Haven served as the setting for the trio’s work on the product.
Diagram of subjects and verb:
8.
Their work and research resulted in a process of evaporating the water
from the juice at 80 degrees Fahrenheit.
Diagram of subjects and verb:
9.
The flavorful solution and the chilled orange juice solution is then
frozen.
Diagram of subjects and verb:
10.
The patent and the royalties is claimed by the U.S. Department of
Agriculture.
Diagram of subjects and verb:
11. The researchers and the staff developed the product.
Diagram of subjects and verb:
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