Lesson 2: The Direct Object

Assignment

Parse and diagram each sentence.

“Who has eaten the sandwich?!”
Parse the sentence:

Who:

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has eaten:

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the:

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sandwich:

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Diagram “Who has eaten the sandwich?!”:

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“Somebody has made the car clean.”
Parse the sentence:

Somebody:

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has made:

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the:

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car:

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clean:

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Diagram “Somebody has made the car clean.”:

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“John called them vipers.”
Parse the sentence:

John:

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called:

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them:

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vipers:

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Diagram “John called them vipers.”:

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“Had you written a letter?”
Parse the sentence:
** Note: In order to parse the verbs together, we have rearranged the sentence below

you:

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had…written:

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a:

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letter:

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Diagram “Had you written a letter?”:

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