EXERCISE ANSWER KEY - CHAPTER 7 _____________________________________________________________________________ 55 CHAPTER 7 - FIVE BASIC SENTENCE TYPES Exercise 7.1 These answers are just suggestions. This is a good exercise for students to write first and share later in small groups. 1. bright (ADJP) out (ADVP) a bright spot (NP) 2. awful (ADJP) 3. heavy rains (NP) 4. the storm Rita (NP NP) 5. alarmed (ADJP) 6. the highways (NP) 7. the city (NP) everywhere (ADVP) 8. No complement required all over town (ADVP) Exercise 7.2 1. Subject Predicate The weather changed suddenly this morning NP MVP ADVP ADVP Type 1 2. Subject Predicate A sudden storm arrived without much warning NP MVP ADVP Type 1
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1. quietly (Type I, adverbial modifier)2. good (Type III, adjectival compliment)3. quiet (Type III, adjectival modifier)4. quickly (Type I, adverbial modifier)5. well (Type I, adverbial modifier)6. miserable (Type III, adjectival compliment)
Exercise 7.7
1 21. The National Hurricane Center [NP ] starts [MVP] each year [NP ] with a list of 21possible storm names [ADVP]
1 2 32. It [NP ] gives [MVP] storms [NP ] names that are easily remembered [NP ]
1 23. The Center [NP ] has [MVP] six sets of storm names [NP ]
14. Its alphabetically arranged lists [NP ] include [MVP] no names beginning with q, u, x, y,
2or z [NP ]
1 25. The Center [NP ] uses [MVP] each list of names [NP ] every six years [ADVP] in rotation[ADVP]
16. It [NP ] retires [MVP] the name of a storm that causes widespread damage and deaths
2[NP ] permanently [ADVP]
1 2 27. it [NP ] called [MVP] the sixteenth storm [NP ] “Katrina” [NP ] In 2005 [ADVP]
1 28. the National Hurricane Center [NP ] will replace [MVP] “Katrina” [NP ] in its list ofnames [ADVP] Probably [ADVP]
2. Transitive Verb - it [direct object] a great success [nominal object complement]
3. Transitive Verb - the food [direct object] too cold [adjectival object complement]
4. Transitive Verb - her pasta [direct object] overcooked [adjectival object complement]
5. Transitive Verb - the sauce [direct object] too salty [adjectival object complement]
6. Transitive Verb - the dessert [direct object] on his plate [adverb phrase]
Exercise 7.15
1. SubjectThe magnificent 25-pound Thanksgiving turkey that Ina had roasted with loving care NPPredicateslipped from the meat platter onto the floor before all the assembled guestsMVP ADVP ADVP ADVP
2. SubjectHarold’s younger brother, who had dreamed of this moment for years, NPPredicatepicked up the receiver without any intention of speaking into it MVP NP ADVPAfter the telephone had rung six timesADVP
V 1 tr 2S = NP + MVP + NP + (ADVP) + (ADVP)
3. Subjectthe handsome young prince NPPredicatebecame a toad again suddenly After kissing Sleeping BeautyMVP NP ADVP ADVP ADVP
IV 1 link 1S = NP + MVP + NP + (ADVP) + (ADVP) + (ADVP)
4. SubjectOne of our neighborsNPPredicatemust own that dilapidated automobile with the crushed roof that has been sitting in
front of the house for the last six weeksMVP NP
V 1 tr 2S = NP + MVP + NP
5. SubjectThe old oak tree with an enormous lightning scar running down its northern sideNPPredicateappears healthier than many of the unscarred trees in the same areaMVP ADJP