Identify the subject, verb, compliment, adj and prep phrase
1. Scientists throughout the world have expressed concern about the fate if the giant panda.
2. In recent years this animal’s natural habitat has slowly become smaller.
3. Many forests of bamboo, the panda’s favorite food, have died.
4. A panda may devour as much as forty pounds of bamboo a day.
5. However, each tender green shoot of bamboo contains only a very small amount of
nutrients.
1. scientist- subject, have expressed-verb, giant-adjective, throughout the world-prep phrase, concern-compliment
2. habitat-subject, has become-verb, in recent years-prep phrase, natural-adjective, smaller-compliment
3. forests-subject, have died-verb, many-adjective, of bamboo-prep phrase
4. panda-subject, may-verb, devour-compliment, on this page-prep phrase
forty pounds-adjective
5. shoot-subject, contains-verb, tender green-adjective, of bamboo-prep phrase, only-compliment
1. 1. Scientists throughout the world have expressed concern about the fate if the giant panda.
scientist- subject, have expressed-verb, giant-adjective, throughout the world-prep phrase, concern-compliment
You're missing a prepositional phrase.
2. In recent years this animal’s natural habitat has slowly become smaller.
habitat-subject, has become-verb, in recent years-prep phrase, natural-adjective, smaller-complement
Yes.
3. Many forests of bamboo, the panda’s favorite food, have died.
forests-subject, have died-verb, many-adjective, of bamboo-prep phrase
Yes.
I'll be back a little later to finish checking.
4. A panda may devour as much as forty pounds of bamboo a day.
panda-subject, may-verb, devour-compliment, on this page-prep phrase
forty pounds-adjective
verb is wrong.
Wrong complement
Wrong prep phrase
Adjective is wrong
5. However, each tender green shoot of bamboo contains only a very small amount of
nutrients.
shoot-subject, contains-verb, tender green-adjective, of bamboo-prep phrase, only-compliment
missing a prep phrase
Complement is wrong
4. May devour-verb, of bamboo-prep phrase, forty pounds-compliment, day-adjective
5. Of nutrients-prep phrase; amount-compliment
1. Subject: Scientists
Verb: have expressed
Complement: concern
Adjective: giant
Prepositional phrase: throughout the world
2. Subject: habitat
Verb: has become
Complement: smaller
Adjective: natural
Prepositional phrase: in recent years
3. Subject: forests
Verb: have died
Adjective: many
Prepositional phrase: of bamboo
4. Subject: panda
Verb: may devour
Complement: as much as forty pounds of bamboo a day
Adjective: None
Prepositional phrase: None
5. Subject: shoot
Verb: contains
Adjective: tender green
Prepositional phrase: of bamboo
Complement: only a very small amount of nutrients