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I ST EXAMINATION
CARAMEL
Recogniz ing sentence parts
Please find the simple subject and underline it once; underline only the
significant subject word or words. Also, find the simple verb and underline it twice; underline only the main verb and its helping verbs.
1) The People's Philosopher didn't like the question.
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2) For years, his cunning, political instincts and philosophical looks
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provided adequate answer to all queries.
Find the complete subject and underline it once; underline the subject
plus any modifiers. Find the complete predicate and underline it twice;
underline the main verb plus helpers plus objects or complements plus
any associated modifiers. Every part of the sentence should be underlined one way or another (unless there is an interjection). If a word or
phrase washes adverbially across the entire sentence.~ underline_that
pliiase twice.
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3) Last night, a young lass of the gumb people had asked a very
difficult question.
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4) What right did he have to lecture the general gumb p~ulace?
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5) In his lifetime, such a fitting question had never been broached.
Focusing on Verbs
Tell whether the verbs in the following sentences are transitive or intransitive.
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6) Gumb people are generally sheepish; they enjoy sassafras trees; and
they only come out :at night:
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7) Usually, they don't ask tough questions.
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Identify whether the main verb in the following sentences is in the active
or passive voice. Rewrite the sentence using the opposite voice. You do
not have to use all of the words in the original sentence, but the meaning must remain substantially unchanged.
9) [Although she had heard the People's Philosopher before,] she had
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Prepositional Phrases
Place parentheses around the prepositional phrases in the following
sentences.
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11) This title(or the lecture~eemedQike a logical fallacy to her."\
12) ( n her
min~ gumb people should think¢or themselve~[unless
they cannot do so].
13) That is [why she questioned his right (s their intellectualleade~.
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modified by the identified prepositional phrases.
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14) (At the time), the People's philosopher had answered (with a
vague retort) (about the finality) (of life).
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15) (During this response), the assembled gumb people looked
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downward (toward their feet) and liste~d (with grave respect).
Objects and Complements
Underline and identify any direct objects (DO), indirect objects (IO) or
object complements (OC) in the following sentences. If there is more
than one clause in a sentence, find these objects in each of the clauses.
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16) The little gumb girl, [whose name was Caramel,] had laughed out
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the answer.
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17) "You answered my question ~ith a non sequituij'
18) The other gumb people gave her a shocked look.
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19) They seldom heard Latin, and [when they did,] it was by the
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People's Philosopher, and he only \!Sed it sparingly and poorly.
20) One gumb elder, [who was not a close friend of the People's
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philosopher], a~ked Caramel [where she l~arned such a pertinent
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phrase]. An extra pomt if this is done correctly.
Underline and identify any predicate nouns (PN) and/or predicate
adjectives (PA) in the following sentences. If there is more than one
clause in a sentence, find these complements in each of the clauses.
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21) She had found it in an English/Latin lexicOl'l} and she was curious
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manner,], but she felt sad about the occasion.
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object complements (OC), predicate nouns (PN) and/or predicate
adjectives (PA) in the following sentences. If there is more than one
clause in a sentence, find these objects and complements in each of the
clauses.
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23) When asked about other languages known to her, Caramel named
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French, Spanish, Japanese, and Gothic.
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24) Immediately, the People's Philosopher jum.l?ed to his feet and
named her a blasphemer.
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25) Surely, Gothic was a devilish language.
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26) Caramel ~nswered evenly [that Gothic was a langu~ge~ithin the
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East Germanic brancn;oflndo-European language~]; it ~as now
extinct, but several old manuscripts provide examples of its use.
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28) Caramel then took the stage and asked the gumb people several
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29) Do you want a figure-head as leader) po you need a theorizer for
guidance] Can't we think for ourselvesf
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31) Caramel herself returned to her books and gained more languages,
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more happiness, and more wisdom.
Case
Circle the appropriate case of the pronouns in question.
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32) The People's Philosopher, [whotw;/m
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door [when he left town] ], spent weeks in a huff.
33) He thought, "People [who/whom ~oach me] do not perceive
my greatness."
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34) Sadly, it was hethnu [who/whom did not perceive correctly].
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35) The gumb people [w~/whom everyone knows to be resilient, if
meek,] carried on living as best they could.
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