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ENGL 202
Prof. G. Steinberg

 

Diagram the following sentences.

  1. The instructor told the students to study.

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  3. The customer asked for a cold beer.

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  5. He gave the Red Cross blood.

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  7. The pilot landed the jet.

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  9. A journalist will write the article.

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  11. That glass suddenly broke.

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  13. A jogger was running toward the end of the lane.

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  15. These dead trees might block the road.

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  17. The detective hurriedly looked through the records.

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  19. The peaches appear ripe.

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  21. Jeremy will play the trumpet in the orchestra.

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  23. Those guests should leave.

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  25. Maria never ate a brownie.

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  27. That shelf will fall.

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  29. The student lost the debate.

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  31. The manager may offer a raise.

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  33. That judge often sentences shoplifters to prison.

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  35. A psychic will speak to this group.

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  37. The tragedy upset the entire family.

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  39. They hid in the cave.

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  41. Jane had left the town.

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  43. We ate our lunch near the river.

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  45. Steve found the number in the book.

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  47. The environmental movement is gaining momentum.

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  49. The goslings swam across the lake.

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  51. The reporter said that an accident injured the woman.

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  53. The fishermen think that the company polluted the bay.

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  55. You know that I hate war.

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  57. Dick finally decided on the boat.

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  59. The puppy found the child.

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  61. A frightened passenger landed the crippled airliner.

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  63. The house on the hill collapsed in the wind.

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  65. The hot sun melted the ice.

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  67. A fast car with twin cams sped by the children on the grassy lane.

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  69. The old tree swayed in the wind.

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  71. The children put the toy in the box.

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  73. The reporter realized that the senator lied.

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  75. The skies deluged the earth with water.

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  77. A ghost incorporates the spiritual dimensions of a dead person.

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  79. John advised Harry to see a doctor.

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  81. John promised to see a doctor.

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  83. I sent a letter to Hilda.

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  85. He will take his complaint to the main office.

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  87. Denise bought Ethel’s new coat.

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  89. A runner from Ohio won the marathon.

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  91. Her uncle had put the gifts in our car.

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  93. Psychiatrists should believe in leprechauns.

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  95. Pugnacious people on his side use tax-deductible donations to carry on the fight.

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  97. I was making my first trip to their country.


     

     
     
     
     
     



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