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PRACTICE ISLAND One Hundred Four-Level Analysis Practice Sentences A Supplement to Grammar Island and Sentence Island Second Edition Michael Clay Thompson Royal Fireworks Press Unionville, New York Royal Fireworks Language Arts by Michael Clay Thompson
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PRACTICE ISLANDOne Hundred Four-Level Analysis Practice Sentences
A Supplement to Grammar Island and Sentence Island
Second Edition
Michael Clay Thompson
Royal Fireworks PressUnionville, New York
Royal Fireworks Language Arts by Michael Clay Thompson
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GRAMMAR IS A WAY OF THINKING ABOUT LANGUAGE.
8 Parts of Speechnoun, pronoun, adjective, verb, adverb, conjunction, preposition, interjection
5 Parts of Sentencesubject, predicate, direct object, indirect object,subject complement
Phrasesprepositional phrase, appositive phrase, verbal phrases
Clausesindependent clause, dependent clause
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GRAMMAR IS A WAY OF THINKING ABOUT LANGUAGE.
Notes to Students
Grammar is a way of thinking about language, and when we think like this, we look at our sentences in four different ways. We look at each word to see what kind of word it is, we look at the two sides of the idea in the sentence, we look for little word groups called phrases, and we look to see if the sentence has one clause or more than one clause.
This book will give you practice thinking this way. The method in this book is called four-level analysis, after the four levels we just mentioned. Their names are parts of speech (the eight kinds of words), parts of the sentence, phrases, and clauses.
On each page there is a sentence with four lines below it. As you solve each detail in the sentence, write its abbreviation directly below it in the appropriate line. At the bottom there is a place to write a comment about anything you think is interesting or fun about the sentence.
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GRAMMAR IS A WAY OF THINKING ABOUT LANGUAGE.
For example, if the sentence were “We swam down, and blue fish made bubbles around us,” you could write the abbreviations of the parts of speech below each word in the first line, the parts of sentence in the second, phrases in the third, and clauses in the fourth. For phrases and clauses, you would make little lines to show where the phrase or clause begins and ends. Notice that every word is a part of speech, but only some words are a part of sentence.
The abbreviations used here are:
Parts of Speechn. nounpron. pronounadj. adjectivev. verbadv. adverbprep. prepositionconj. conjunctioninterj. interjection
Parts of Sentencesubj. subjectAVP action verb predicateLVP linking verb predicateD.O. direct objectI.O. indirect objectS.C. subject complement
Phrasesprep. prepositional (phrase)
Clausesindep. independent (clause)dep. dependent (clause)
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GRAMMAR IS A WAY OF THINKING ABOUT LANGUAGE.
Ex
am
ple
Sen
ten
ce
W
e
swam
d
own
, a
nd
bl
ue
fi
sh
mad
e
bubb
les
ar
oun
d
us.
pr
on.
v.
a
dv.
c
onj.
ad
j.
n.
v
.
n.
pr
ep.
pron
.
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su
bj.
A
VP
s
ubj
.
A
VP
D.O
.
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-pre
p. p
hras
e---
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----
---i
nd
ep. c
lau
se--
----
-
----
----
----
----
----
ind
epen
den
t cl
ause
----
----
----
----
----
----
----
a co
mpo
un
d d
ecla
rati
ve s
ente
nce
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Com
men
t:
Thi
s is
a c
ompo
un
d s
ente
nce
mad
e of
tw
o in
dep
end
ent
clau
ses.
E
ach
clau
se h
as a
n
acti
on v
erb,
bu
t on
ly t
he s
econ
d a
ctio
n v
erb
pass
es t
he a
ctio
n t
o a
dir
ect
obje
ct.
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GR
AM
MA
R IS
A W
AY O
F TH
INK
ING
AB
OU
T LA
NG
UA
GE.
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Sen
ten
ce 1
0
Y
es,
w
e
alw
ays
s
wam
at
sun
rise
or
sun
set.
in
terj
.
pro
n.
adv
.
v.
pr
ep..
n
.
c
onj.
n
.
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su
bj.
A
V p
red.
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-
----
----
----
-pre
posi
tion
al p
hra
se--
----
----
---
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__
----
----
----
----
----
----
----
----
----
----
one
inde
pen
den
t cl
ause
----
----
----
----
----
----
----
----
----
----
-
a
sim
ple
decl
arat
ive
sen
ten
ce
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Com
men
t: I
n t
his
sen
ten
ce t
he
verb
is m
odifi
ed b
y a
prep
osit
ion
al p
hra
se t
hat
has
a
com
pou
nd
obje
ct o
f pr
epos
itio
n: t
wo
nou
ns
join
ed b
y th
e co
ordi
nat
ing
con
jun
ctio
n o
r.
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AM
MA
R IS
A W
AY O
F TH
INK
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AB
OU
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NG
UA
GE.
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Sen
ten
ce 3
0
Th
e
fox
sm
elle
d
som
eth
ing
fi
shy
in
t
he
sa
lty
w
ind.
adj.
n.
v
.
pro
n.
adj.
prep
.
adj
.
adj
.
n.
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__
subj
.
AV
pre
d.
D
.O.
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__
--
----
prep
osit
ion
al p
hra
se--
---
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____
____
__
----
----
----
----
----
----
----
----
----
----
one
inde
pen
den
t cl
ause
----
----
----
----
----
----
----
----
----
----
-
a
sim
ple
decl
arat
ive
sen
ten
ce
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Com
men
t:
In t
his
sen
ten
ce t
he
verb
sm
elle
d i
s an
act
ion
ver
b th
at t
hro
ws
the
acti
on t
o a
dire
ct o
bjec
t, t
he
inde
fin
ite
pron
oun
som
eth
ing.
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AM
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R IS
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AY O
F TH
INK
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AB
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Sen
ten
ce 6
0
W
ith
out
a
very
g
ood
fi
shin
g
rod,
y
ou
wil
l c
atch
n
oth
ing.
prep
.
adj
.
adv.
adj.
a
dj.
n.
p
ron
.
v.
v.
pr
on.
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s
ubj
.
---
AV
pre
d.--
-
D
.O.
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____
____
---
----
----
----
----
--pr
epos
itio
nal
ph
rase
----
----
----
----
--
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----
----
----
----
----
----
----
----
----
----
----
----
-in
depe
nde
nt
clau
se--
----
----
----
----
----
----
----
----
----
----
----
--
a
sim
ple
decl
arat
ive
sen
ten
ce
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Com
men
t: H
ere
we
hav
e a
lon
g in
trod
uct
ory
prep
osit
ion
al p
hra
se, w
ith
th
e re
quir
ed c
omm
a at
th
e en
d. T
he
dire
ct o
bjec
t n
oth
ing
is a
n in
defi
nit
e pr
onou
n; o
ther
s ar
e an
yth
ing,
an
yon
e,
each
, eit
her
, nei
ther
, nob
ody,
an
d ot
her
pro
nou
ns
that
ref
er t
o an
un
know
n n
oun
.
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AM
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Sen
ten
ce 8
0
Fis
h
a
te
th
e
cru
mbs
,
so
S
am
is
u
pset
.
n
.
v.
a
dj.
n.
con
j.
n
.
v
.
adj
.
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su
bj.
A
V p
red.
D
.O.
subj
.
L
V p
red.
S.C
.
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____
n
o pr
epos
itio
nal
ph
rase
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---
----
----
----
---i
nde
p. c
lau
se--
----
----
----
-
----
----
----
--in
dep.
cla
use
----
----
----
a co
mpo
un
d de
clar
ativ
e se
nte
nce
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Com
men
t:
Her
e is
an
oth
er c
ompo
un
d se
nte
nce
joi
ned
by
a co
ordi
nat
ing
con
jun
ctio
n.
We
begi
n t
o n
otic
e h
ow i
mpo
rtan
t it
is
to h
ave
the
coor
din
atin
g co
nju
nct
ion
s (a
nd
bu
t or
nor
fo
r so
yet
) m
emor
ized
. T
he
firs
t cl
ause
has
an
act
ion
ver
b an
d di
rect
obj
ect,
bu
t th
e se
con
d cl
ause
has
a li
nki
ng
verb
an
d su
bjec
t co
mpl
emen
t.
