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George's Dinner Preparation Analysis

The document provides examples of how to identify the subject, verb, complement, and modifiers in sentences. It lists 10 sentences and identifies the subject, verb, complement, and any modifiers for each one. The purpose is to practice identifying the key parts of sentences.

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George's Dinner Preparation Analysis

The document provides examples of how to identify the subject, verb, complement, and modifiers in sentences. It lists 10 sentences and identifies the subject, verb, complement, and any modifiers for each one. The purpose is to practice identifying the key parts of sentences.

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Exercise 1:

Identify the Subject, Verb, Complement, and Modifier in each of the following sentences!
Remember that not every sentence has a Complement or Modifier.
Examples:
1. Jill / is buying / a new bat / in the store.
• Jill (subject), Is buying (verb), A new bat (complement), In the store (modifier of place)

1. George is cooking dinner tonight.


 George (subject), is cooking (verb), dinner (complement), tonight (modifier of time)
2. Henry and Marcia have visited the president.
 Henry and Marcia (subject), have visited (verb), the president (complement)
3. We can eat lunch in this restaurant today.
 We (subject), can eat (verb), lunch (complement), in this restaurant (modifier of place),
today (modifier of time)
4. Pat should have bought gasoline yesterday.
 Pat (subject), should have bought (verb), gasoline (complement), yesterday (modifier of
time)
5. Trees grow.
 Trees (subject), grow (verb)
6. It was raining at seven o’clock this morning.
 It (subject), was raining (verb), at seven o’clock in this morning (modifier of time)
7. She opened a checking account at the bank last week.
 She (subject), opened (verb), a checking account (complement), at the bank (modifier of
place), last week (modifier of time)
8. Harry is washing dishes right now.
 Harry (subject), is washing (verb), dishes (complement), right now (modifier of time)
9. She opened her book.
 She (subject), opened (verb), her book (complement)
10. Paul, William, and Mary were watching television a few minutes ago.
 Paul, William, and Mary (subject), were watching (verb), television (complement), a few
minutes ago (modifier of time)

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