Lesson 5: Complex Sentences

Assignment

For each sentence, use your cheat sheet to go through The Grand List of Questions to help you parse.

“And at the seventh time, when the priests had blown the trumpets, Joshua said to the people, “Shout, for the Lord has given you the city.”” (Josh 6:16)
Note: In this first verse, the word “the” appears six times. To avoid redundancy, it will only appear in the list for you to label once.
Parse the sentence:

And:

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at:

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the:

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seventh:

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time:

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when:

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priests:

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had blown:

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trumpets:

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Joshua:

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said:

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to:

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people:

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Shout:

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for:

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Lord:

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has given:

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you:

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city:

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Diagram “And at the seventh time, when the priests had blown the trumpets, Joshua said to the people, “Shout, for the Lord has given you the city.”:

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“Once when Jacob was cooking stew, Esau came in from the field, and he was exhausted.” (Gen 25:29)
Parse the sentence:

Once:

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when:

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Jacob:

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was cooking:

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stew:

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Esau:

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came in:

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from:

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the:

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field:

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and:

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he:

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was:

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exhausted:

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Diagram “Once when Jacob was cooking stew, Esau came in from the field, and he was exhausted.”:

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The last verse is optional extra practice.

“Where there are no oxen, the manger is clean, but abundant crops come by the strength of the ox.” (Pr 14:4)
Parse the verse:

Where:
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there:
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are:
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no:
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oxen:
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the:
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manger:
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is:
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clean:
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but:
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abundant:
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crops:
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come:
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by:
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strength:
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of (the) ox:
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