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Sentences

Elsie, going into the kitchen to get something to eat, smelled the spicy spaghetti.
Looking directly up, I saw the overwhelming myriad of brilliant stars in the sky.
The elderly woman who lives in her decaying mansion, remembers the happier times of her past.
Standing on the roof of our apartment, we got an excellent view of the parade.
Flying above the clouds, I could see many of terraced field and villages.
Leaning back from my chair, I was attracted by the book.
I saw some beautiful butterflies while I was eating my lunch at the park.
Polluted by chemicals from the nearby manufacturing plants, the river needed an urgent thorough
clean-up.
The LRT seemed to be a mysterious trail to Eric who have lived in the city for only a month.
Hanging by the trial from a tree branch, a brown monkey was seen by Aileen in the yard.

Complete the following sentences by giving the correct form of the verb in parentheses to express
conditional sentences.
Future: present future
Present: past would + present
Past:past part would + have + pp
Explained
Will tell
Would give
Had not keep

cry
Would lend
Played
Had known
Would see
Would pass
Would travel
Earned
Would not study
Were
1. She would be convinced if you (explain) it to her.
2. As soon as I see Mr. Reyes, I (tell) him.
3. Were my brother there, he (give) my allowance.
4. The goods would have been stolen if they (keep not) them in the
warehouse.
5. When he scolds you, you (cry).
6. If she had a book, she (lend) it to you.
7. The players would win if they (play).
8. Maria would have written me if she (know) the address.
9. If my friends were in school, they (see) us.
10. If the teacher were more considerate, she (pass) us.
11. If the weather were better today, we (travel).
12. I would be a millionaire if I (earn) much.
13. If we had a different course, we (study not) more.
14. We could play a game of cards if we (be) on time.
Would find
Would go
Would have succeeded
Would have informed
Had disturbed
Wouldnt been
Would have arrived
Would have died
Followed
Consult
finish
15. If everybody dresses the same way, we (find) them monotonous.
16. If I had more free time, I (go).
17. If you had taken my advice, you (succeed).
18. If anyone had asked me about it, I (inform) him.
19. Our dog Saki would have barked if you (disturb) him.
20. If only you had left your house earlier, you (be-not) late to school.
21. If my watch had not been five minutes late, I (arrive) on time.
22. If I had been born a century earlier, I (die) now.
23. Many people would be in the accident if they (follow).
24. My grandfather will always get mad if I (consult) him.
25. Mother will permit us if we (finish) the work ahead of time.

Functions of Nouns:
Instructions: Identify the function of the underlined noun in each sentence.
Appositive nominative
Objective complement

Appositive
Subject

Subject
Indirect object

Objective complement
Object of the participle
Direct address
Direct object
Object of the participle
Objective complement
Object of inf
Direct object
Object of the participle
Objective complement
Objective complement
Indirect object
Subject
Object of the participle
Object of inf
Objective complement
Subject
1. St. Jude Thaddeus, the saint of the impossible, was brought here.
2. It cost them fifty thousand pesos in bringing here the saint of the
impossible.
3. They brought here St. Thaddeus, the saint of impossible.
4. The saint of the impossible is St. Thaddeus.
5. The committee chose Miss Benitez the computer analyst.
6. Giving the lecture is the computer analyst.
7. Miss Benitez gave the computer analyst a lecture.
8. Giving the lecture is Miss Benitez, the computer analyst.
9. Giving the computer analyst a lecture is a hard task.
10. The speaker, giving the computer analyst a lecture, is Miss Benitez.
11. Rachelle, get me a glass of water.
12. Let Rachelle get me a glass of water.
13. Ask from Rachelle the glass of water.
14. We thought of getting the copy from Ray.
15. We decided to have a copy for Ray.
16. We offered Ray a copy of the book.
17. Getting the copy, Ray felt happy.
18. Martin Nievera enjoys writing songs, his hobby.
19. Writing songs is his enjoyment.
20. The man is refusing his wife the child.
21. The wife was refused of her child by the man.
22. Refusing the wife of her child, the man deserted her.
23. The man wants to refuse the wife of her child.
24. Refusing the wife of her child gives him pleasure.
25. Refused of her child is the wife.

FUNCTIONS OF NOUNS
1. Subject
2. Subject complement noun comes after a linking verb (is,are, was,were,am)
3. Direct object the noun answers the question who or what
4. Indirect object the noun answers the question for whom or to whom
5. Object of the prep. the noun comes after a prep.
6. Objective complement noun completes the direct object, answers the question as what
7. Appositive the noun gives more information about another noun
8. Object of the inf (to + verb)
9. Predicate nominative S-LV-SC
10. Appositive nominative
11. Object of the participle S-TV-DO (adj.)
12. Direct address
13. Appositive objective

Adverb
Adjective
Adverb
adverb
Adverb
Adverb
Adjective




Adjective

Adjective

1. Come sit beside me.
2. The area has a beautiful view of the lake.
3. After some years, the house is finally ours.
4. According to the Bible, we must love each other.
5. By evening, we will have finished the painting.
6. In 2012, she will celebrate her 18
th
birthday.
7. The instructors in the faculty room are busy.
8. Place the bouquet next to the key on the desk.
9. The tourists asked the driver to go slower.
10. Rescuing him is to rescue a traitor.
11. Roy wants to write Abby a love song.
12. Their goal to become the best is admirable.
13. She does nothing but to talk on the phone.
14. The professor to handle Algebra is absent.
15. He left his family for greener pastures abroad.

Write S if the sentence is simple; C if it is compound; CX if it is complex; or CC if it is compound-
complex. Write your answers before the number.
S
S
C
CC
CC

S
CC
C
CC
CX
1. A girl with brown eyes entered the room
2. Angel and Rose entered the room just as the bell rang.
3. School starts on August 25
th
and I will be entering the 8
th
grade.
4. When I purchased my new gym clothes, I gave away my old ones.
5. Since there are so many students in my class, the presentation will be held for
Group A on Monday, Group B on Wednesday and Group C on Friday.
6. Scott wrote his letter and sent it to his cousin.
7. Jim, who is my classmate and friend, will have gym on Fridays.
8. John ran to the store and he bought five loaves of bread.
9. Flowers make beautiful girls not necessarily if they are bought from a florist.
10. When Stacy came, she walked into my bedroom and she places the present on my
bed.

The Writer: A Tense Story
What are you doing?
Im writing a letter.
Do you often write letters?
Yes, I have written them ever since I was young.
How often do you write?
I usually write one each day.
You wrote one yesterday?
Yes, and I have written one today and Ill write one again tomorrow.
When will you write tomorrow?
Ill be writing all day.
But when will you be finished?
By midnight Ill have written my letter.
I see, you will have written the letter by midnight?
Yes, the letter will have been written by 12:00
I see. And todays letter is being written?
No. Ive just finished. Its been written already.
What about yesterdays letter?
And the letter from the day before that?
It had been written by yesterday morning.
I see. Then when exactly was it written?
I had written the first letter by the time I began yesterdays.
I heard that Osborne visited you while you were busy yesterday.
Yes. I was writing when he knocked on my door.
The letter was being written when he arrived? What did Osborne do then?
He asked me when I would be finished, and I told him that I would write until noon.
I see. You would be writing until then.
But the letter would have not been written.
So? Im finished here. Still writing?
No. Im through. The letter is written; Ive written enough.
No more writing?
Unfortunately, I will write again tomorrow.
Activity. Transitive and Intransitive Verb
Instructions: Underline the verbs. Write T on the line at the left if the verb is transitive; I if it is
intransitive and C if it is a cognate verb.
T
T
I
I
I
I
T
I
T
I
I
I
C
I
T
I
T
T
T
I
T
C
C
I
I
1. Forest fires cause considerable damage in some areas.
2. Pope Benedict XV made a strong plea for peace.
3. The famous Atlantic Charter was signed on a battleship.
4. Much grain is produced in China.
5. A fleet of fishing vessel is sailed for the Grand Banks.
6. The Feast of Ascension is celebrated forty days after Easter.
7. Thomas Jefferson gave us our decimal system of currency.
8. The Ember Days occur four times annually.
9. Always treat others with respect.
10. In the United States senators are elected by the people.
11. Fish breathe by means of gills.
12. The League of Nations was rejected by the Senate.
13. Saint Stephen died the death of a martyr.
14. The Catholic University was sponsored by the bishops of our country.
15. Too many cooks spoil the broth.
16. Work quietly, children.
17. John D. Rockfeller organized the first American trust.
18. Adam and Eve disobeyed God.
19. The fall line forms the western boundary of the Atlantic coastal plain.
20. The Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament were founded by Katharine Drexel.
21. President Franklin Roosevelt abandoned the gold standard.
22. Our class danced a gypsy dance in the concert.
23. We should never laugh at the mistakes of others.
24. The auditory canal leads from the outer ear to the middle ear.
25. The moon revolved around the sun.







Activity. Copulative Verbs
1. John Quincy was the son of John Adams.
2. Angels are pure spirits.
3. A seaport is a city on or near the seacoast.
4. The soul of man is immortal.
5. Do you feel well today?
6. Malaria is a common disease in tropical areas.
7. The little boy appeared reticent.
8. The child grew in wisdom, age, and grace.
9. Fish have been plentiful this year.
10. Is that he?
11. Jane Adams was the founder of Hull House in Chicago.
12. The tongue is the organ of taste.
13. Joachim and Anne were the parents of the Blessed Virgin.
14. That perfume smells fragrant.
15. The Forum was the political center of ancient Rome.
16. Italians are very artistic.
17. Carbon monoxide is invisible.
18. Vaccination is a precaution against smallpox.
19. This work seems not difficult.
20. A parallelogram is four-sided plan figure in which the opposite sides are parallel.
21. These cherries taste tart.
22. Evelyn is intensely interested in English.
23. Her outline was concise but incomplete.
24. Saint Francis Xavier was a celebrated Jesuit missionary.
25. James Fenimore Cooper was a novelist of forest and frontier of life.
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PN
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PN
PA
PA
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