Answer Key to Exercises

Exercise 1

	Parts of Speech
Pronouns	Articles	Nouns	Adjectives	Adverbs
°He(5times)Subject °She(5 times)Subject °they(once)subject °it(once)subject °nothing(once)indefinite pronoun °his(5times)pronominal adjective °her(once)pronominal adjective °him(once)object pronoun °my(3times)pronominal adjective °half(once)indefinite pronoun	°a(10times)as an adj. °an(twice)as an adj. °the(22times)as an adj.	°Mabel(3times)-twice as subject & once as object °boy(4times)common noun °driver(twice)common noun °car accident(once)compound noun °accident(once)common noun °minivan(twice)common noun °pickup truck(once)compound noun °truck(4times)common noun °intersection(once)common noun °hospital(common noun) °paramedics(common noun) °leg(common noun) °injuries(common noun) °possibility(abstract noun) °mother(common noun) °left (line 6) common noun °steering wheel(common noun) °passenger side (compound noun) °man(4times)common noun °police test(composite noun) °back seat(compound noun) °police vehicle (composite noun) °police(thrice)collective noun °beer cans(common plural noun) °dog(3times) common noun °wife(once)common noun °baby(once)common noun °collar(once)common noun °identification(once)common noun °block(once)common noun °city jail(once)composite/compound noun °suspicion(once)abstract noun °	°fifteen-year-old °injured °nearby °serious °broken °left °internal °conscious °alert °uninjured °50-year-old °unemployed °empty °outstretched °closed °unable °handcuffed °intoxicated °booked °away	°always(adverb of frequency) °more °sharply °apparently °minutes later °

	Parts of Speech
Prepositions	Quantifiers	Conjunctions	Interjections	Verbs
°in(twice) °by(once) °at(once) °than °to(3times) °out of(once) °on(3times) °inside(once) °for(once) °with(twice) °of(3times) °into	°fifteen(cardinal number) °50(once)cardinal number) °18(once)cardinal number °any	°but(3times)coordinating conjunction °and(7times)coordinating conjunction ° °when subordinating conjunction introducing an adverb clause. °if subordinating conjunction introducing an adverb clause °if (twice) subordinating conjunction introducing an adverb clause. °if subordinating conjunction introducing an adverb clause	°my dog!	°finds °was injured/was hit/was taken/asked/was put/was found/was taken..and booked(passive form) °was traveling/was driving/was going to die/had been drinking(verb phrases)/said(3times)speech act verb/thought(cognitive verb)/hit(action verb)/turned(action verb)/found(irregular & transitive)/denied/failed/was+adjective (predicate adjective/were+noun(predicate nominative)/asked(twice)/is(twice)/knew(mental verb)

Phrases

Clauses

° A fifteen-year-old boy(noun phrase acting as a subject) °in a car accident modifies the verb phrase “was injured”(prepositional /adv. phrase) °at an intersection modifies the compound noun “pickup truck”(prepositional /adj. phrase) °to a nearby hospital modifies the verb phrase “was taken”(prepositional /adv .phrase) °out of nowhere modifies the verb “appeared”(adv. phrase) °inside the truck modifies the composite noun “beer cans”(prepositional/adj. phrase) For sobriety (prepositional/adverb phrase) °with his arms modifies the common noun “the man/or personal pronoun he”(prepositional /adj. phrase) °of his head(prepositional phrase) °into the back seat modifies the verb phrase “was put”(adverb phrase) °of the vehicle(prepositional phrase) °to the city jail modifies the verb phrase “was taken”(adverb phrase) °on suspicion of (prepositional phrase) °to die(infinitive phrase) °the man denied drinking(gerund phrase functioning as an object) °with a collar modifies the noun dog (prepositional /adj. phrase). °of driving(gerund object of a preposition of) °on causing an accident(gerund object of a preposition on) ° was traveling (verb phrase) °had apparently been drinking(verb phrase) °was going to…( verb phrase)

°(when a minivan he was traveling in was hit by a pickup truck at an intersection.) adverb clause/ he was traveling in(relative clause)/ °that the boy had nothing more serious than a broken leg. (noun/nominal clause)acting as an object. °that internal injuries were a possibility. (noun / nominal clause. °who was driving…(relative clause). °that the truck appeared out of nowhere(noun clause) °she was going to die(noun clause) °who …had apparently been drinking(relative clause) °to touch his nose with his arms outstretched and eyes closed(noun clause) °if they knew where Mabel was.(a noun clause within a noun clause) °if Mabel was his wife(noun clause) °