Can you check the following?
Find the verb phrase
1. Will you buy me a drink?
ans: will buy
2. Sam is not going to the dance.
ans: is going
3. Al should have mowed the lawn today. ans: should have mowed
4. Theresa will be playing her clarinet at the concert tonight.
ans: will be playing
5. Rosie could have worked on that project today.
ans: could have worked
6. Tony and Jim have been chosen as finalists at the science fair.
ans: have been chosen
7. My grandmother has carefully repaired the broken vase.
ans: repaired
8. Maria will probably leave for New York on Wednesday.
ans: will leave
Identify whether it is a simple (ss), compound (cd), complex (cx), or compound-complex (cd-cx).
9. I like spring in Idaho even though spring seems to be the shortest season of the four.
ans: cx (complex)
10. I enjoy it because the temperature is pleasant, and everything is green and pretty.
ans: cx (complex)
11. I also love to hear the birds singing in the trees and to watch them building their nests.
ans: cd (compound)
12. Especially when I see the swallows returning to their mud-daubed nests, I know that summer is coming.
ans: cx (complex)
13. In the springtime the days are longer, and the sun shines through the windows, warming my soul with its rays after the gloomy gray days of winter.
ans: cd-cx (compound complex)
14. I can accept the rain and wind since I know that these two elements are important to water the earth and then to dry it back out again.
ans:
15. With the rain and sunshine come the flowers, and their bright colors brighten my life.
ans: cx (complex)
16. The wind is sometimes a little bit too much around here; otherwise, there are very few major problems with this season of awakening and hope.
ans: cd-cx (compound complex)
7, 10, 11, 13, 15, 16 = incorrect
14 = ?
Are you clear on how to identify types of sentences?
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No, i don't understand.
10. I enjoy it because the temperature is pleasant, and everything is green and pretty.
ans: cd (compound)
11. I also love to hear the birds singing in the trees and to watch them building their nests.
ans: ss (simple sentence)
To check the verb phrases and identify the sentence structures, you need to carefully analyze each sentence. Here's how you can do it:
1. Will you buy me a drink?
- To find the verb phrase, you can identify the verb and any accompanying auxiliary verbs. In this case, the main verb is "buy," and the auxiliary verb is "will." So, the verb phrase is "will buy."
2. Sam is not going to the dance.
- The main verb is "going," and the auxiliary verb is "is." Therefore, the verb phrase is "is going."
3. Al should have mowed the lawn today.
- The main verb is "mowed," and the auxiliary verbs are "should" and "have." Hence, the verb phrase is "should have mowed."
4. Theresa will be playing her clarinet at the concert tonight.
- The main verb is "playing," and the auxiliary verbs are "will" and "be." Thus, the verb phrase is "will be playing."
5. Rosie could have worked on that project today.
- The main verb is "worked," and the auxiliary verbs are "could" and "have." Therefore, the verb phrase is "could have worked."
6. Tony and Jim have been chosen as finalists at the science fair.
- The main verb is "chosen," and the auxiliary verbs are "have" and "been." Thus, the verb phrase is "have been chosen."
7. My grandmother has carefully repaired the broken vase.
- The main verb is "repaired," and the auxiliary verb is "has." Hence, the verb phrase is "has repaired."
8. Maria will probably leave for New York on Wednesday.
- The main verb is "leave," and the auxiliary verb is "will." So, the verb phrase is "will leave."
For the sentence structures:
9. I like spring in Idaho even though spring seems to be the shortest season of the four.
- This is a complex sentence (cx) because it includes a main clause ("I like spring in Idaho") and a dependent clause ("even though spring seems to be the shortest season of the four").
10. I enjoy it because the temperature is pleasant, and everything is green and pretty.
- This is also a complex sentence (cx) as it contains one main clause ("I enjoy it") and a dependent clause ("because the temperature is pleasant, and everything is green and pretty").
11. I also love to hear the birds singing in the trees and to watch them building their nests.
- This is a compound sentence (cd) because it consists of two main clauses ("I also love to hear the birds singing in the trees" and "to watch them building their nests") joined by the coordinating conjunction "and."
12. Especially when I see the swallows returning to their mud-daubed nests, I know that summer is coming.
- This is a complex sentence (cx) since it contains a main clause ("I know that summer is coming") and a dependent clause ("Especially when I see the swallows returning to their mud-daubed nests").
13. In the springtime the days are longer, and the sun shines through the windows, warming my soul with its rays after the gloomy gray days of winter.
- This is a compound-complex sentence (cd-cx) because it includes two main clauses ("In the springtime the days are longer" and "the sun shines through the windows, warming my soul with its rays after the gloomy gray days of winter") connected by the coordinating conjunction "and," as well as a dependent clause ("warming my soul with its rays after the gloomy gray days of winter").
14. I can accept the rain and wind since I know that these two elements are important to water the earth and then to dry it back out again.
- This sentence doesn't have a clear compound or complex structure. It seems to be missing a coordinating conjunction to make it compound, and there is no clear dependent clause to make it complex. Therefore, it is a simple sentence (ss).
15. With the rain and sunshine come the flowers, and their bright colors brighten my life.
- This is a complex sentence (cx) since it contains a dependent clause ("With the rain and sunshine come the flowers") and a main clause ("their bright colors brighten my life").
16. The wind is sometimes a little bit too much around here; otherwise, there are very few major problems with this season of awakening and hope.
- This is a compound-complex sentence (cd-cx) as it consists of two main clauses ("The wind is sometimes a little bit too much around here" and "there are very few major problems with this season of awakening and hope"), connected by a semicolon, and includes a dependent clause ("of awakening and hope").