Assignment Sentence structure analysis (10%) week 8 -2 nd semester (lesson 8)

Assignment 6. Sentence structure analysis (10%)
week 8 -2^nd semester (lesson 8)
Task I. Read the instructions and write your answers to the answer sheet
1. Write a hobby you wish you had done more often last year.
2. Write an activity you wish you could start, but don’t have enough time.
3. Write something you wish a friend or neighbor would not do so often.
4. Write three mistakes you regret making when you were young.
5. Write something you wish politicians or the media would not do.
6. Write three sentences that you would do if only you had more money.
7. Write the name of someone you regret not spending more time with.
8. Write something you wish you had received for your birthday last year.
9. Write a film that you wish you hadn’t watched because it was so bad.
10. Write the name of someone famous who you wish you could meet.

Task II. Sentence Analysis.
1. Identify the subject-verb combinations in the following sentences. Note: Some sentences contain more than one subject-verb combination. Find the Subject and Verb and Make them in bold. Fill in answer sheet
e.g. The fishermen trolled for hours.- S V (Subject Verb)

1. The fishermen trolled for hours, but they caught nothing.

2. I huddled against a wall.
3. Shivering and grumbling, I huddled against a wall on the street corner.
4. Susan is an expert mechanic.
5. Don and Susan are expert mechanics.
6. Where have you been for the last five hours?
7. I have been right here for the last five hours.
8. Sarah probably forgot to do her homework again
9. The tired old woman stopped and looked anxiously behind her.
10. The play had already started when we arrived.

2. Sentence analysis Part II. A clause must have a complete subject-verb combination. This is the identifying feature of a clause, although it may also contain many other sentence parts.
Fill in the answer sheet from the given below.
1. The fishermen trolled for hours.
2. The fishermen trolled for hours, but they caught nothing.
3. I huddled against a wall.
4. Shivering and grumbling, I huddled against a wall on the street corner.
5. Susan is an expert mechanic.
6. Don and Susan are expert mechanics.
7. Where have you been for the last five hours?
8. I have been right here for the last five hours.
9. Here are the late assignments
10. Sarah probably forgot to do her homework again.
11. The print looks very light because the typewriter ribbon is old.
12. Jane intends to become a doctor, so she is going to college.
13. The list of books is posted next to the bulletin board in the library.
14. After an exciting chase scene, the two lovers flee to Mexico at the end of the novel.
15. The tired old woman stopped and looked anxiously behind her.
16. The play had already started when we arrived.
17. Instinctively, the abandoned dog began to make his way home.
18. Airplanes should be inspected regularly and carefully, or they may not be safe to fly.
19. My new neighbors seem very kind and friendly.
20. The quartz wall clock looks beautiful, but it doesn’t work.
21. In the1960s, the Beatles burst on the rock music scene and changed music forever. 
22. Difficult situations on the playing field bring out the best, as well as the worst, in people.