Grammar Practice

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Grammar Practice

• Focus on Phrases

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They wanted to traverse the city from east to
west.

• L1
• L2
• L3

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A sense of impending disaster hit Jones, the
venerable overseer.
They wanted to traverse the city from east to
west.

• L1 pron. V prep. V
  adj. N prep. N
  prep. N
• L2 subj. pred.
  D.O.
• L3 ----------------- inf.
  Phrase ---------------- --prep. Phrase--
  --prep. Phrase--
• L1
• L2
• L3

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Designing vulgar structures is typical of that
architect.
A sense of impending disaster hit Jones, the
venerable overseer.

• L1 adj. N prep. adj.
  N V N adj.
  adj. N
• L2 subj.
  pred. D.O.
• L3 ------------- prep. Phrase
  -------------
  --------------appos. Phrase-------------
• L1
• L2
• L3

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Expressing her philosophy, the director rapidly
gained control.
Designing vulgar structures is typical of that
architect.

• L1 N adj.
  N V adj.
  prep. adj. N
• L2 subj.
  pred. subj.comp.
• L3---------------------- gerund Phrase
  ---------------------
  ----------prep. Phrase------------
• L1
• L2
• L3