Grammar Review First day September 2, 2012, Sunday Page 25 - First paragraph - Two sentences complex sentence and

nd simple sentence 1st sentence: Towards the end of the afternoon we berthed by the sandy shore and saw finely sifted white sand, oleanders still in flower, fig and carob trees, and, further to the night, a low grey hill without a tree, resembling the face of a woman resting. Adverb of time Subject Verb - Predicate Conjunction Towards the end berthed by the sandy shore (Adverb of place) and of the afternoon finely sifted white sand, oleanders still in flower, we saw and fig and carob trees (Object) further to the (by) a low grey hill without a tree, resembling the (berthed ) night face of a woman resting (Adverb of place) 2nd sentence: And beneath her chin, along her neck, ran the dark brown veins of lignite. (Inversion) And beneath her chin, the dark brown veins of lignite run along her neck. Conjunction Subject Verb Adverb of place and the dark brown veins of lignite ran along her neck, beneath her chin Notes Two kinds of Noun modifiers (1) Pre modifier Adverb Verb (Past participle) (1) finely sifted (2) beautifully dressed Noun Fig (and) carob Noun trees

Adjective White old

Noun sand lady

Pre-modified noun finely sifted sand white sand beautifully dressed lady old lady

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Pre-modified noun fig tree carob tree Adjective low grey dark brown sandy Noun hill veins shore woman end Pre-modified noun a low grey hill the dark brown veins the sandy shore a woman the end

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Article (a, an, the) a the the a the Possessive her her Noun chin neck

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Pre-modified noun her chin her neck

(2) Post Modifier Noun (1) the end oleanders a low grey hill (2) a low grey hill a woman

Modifier of the afternoon (which/that were) still in flower without a tree (which/that was) resembling the face of a woman (who was) resting

Kind prepositional phrase adjective clause

Post-modified noun the end of the afternoon oleanders still in flower a low grey hill without a tree a low grey hill resembling the face of a woman a woman resting

Grammar Review Second day September 9, 2012, Sunday Page 31 - First paragraph - Seven sentences complex, complex, simple, simple 1st sentence: Dame Hortenses hotel consisted of a row of old bathing-huts joined together. Subject Verb Object Adjective clause Dame Hortenses hotel consisted of a row of old bathing-huts (which/that were) joined together 2nd sentence: The first was the shop where you could buy sweets, cigarettes, peanuts, lamp-wicks, alphabets, candles and benjamin. Subject Verb Object Relative Pronoun Adjective clause where you could buy sweets, cigarettes, peanuts, lamp-wicks, The first was the shop (in which) alphabets, candles and benjamin. 3rd sentence: Four adjoining huts formed the dormitory. Subject Verb Object Four adjoining huts formed the dormitory 4th sentence: Behind, in the yard, were the kitchen, the washhouse, the henhouse and the rabbit hutches. (Inversion) Adverb Subject Verb Object Behind the kitchen, the washhouse, the henhouse and the rabbit hutches were in the yard 5th sentence: Thick bamboos and prickly pears were planted in the fine sand all around. (Passive voice) Subject Verb Adverb of place Adverb of Manner Thick bamboos and prickly pears were planted in the fine sand all around 6th sentence: The whole place smelled of the sea, excrement and urine. Subject Verb (linking verb) Adjective phrase The whole place smelled of the sea, excrement and urine 7th sentence: But, from time to time, Dame Hortense passed by and the air changed its odoras if someone had emptied a hairdressers bowl under your nose. Conjunction Adverb subject Verb Conjunction But from time to time Dame Hortense pass by and Subject The air Verb Changed Object Its odor Conditional and unreal tense (as if/as though Past perfect tense) As if someone had emptied a hairdressers bowl under your nose.

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Verb Consisted

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Phrasal Verb pass by

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Linking Verb smelled was

Adjective/Noun of the see, excrement and urine the shop where..

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Noun bathing (gerund) lamp wash Adjective four(noun) adjoining Possessive Dame Hortenses

Noun (-)huts (-)wicks house Noun huts Noun Hotel

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Noun old bathing-huts the shop

Modifier Kinds (which/that were)joined together where (in which) you could buy sweets, cigarettes, peanuts, lamp- Adjective wicks, alphabets, candles and Benjamin. Clause

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