Modern Grammar - ASSIGNMENT 14 James Madison University

Instructions: This assignment will be marked as an acceptable or unacceptable effort.

Taking time to go slowly and carefully, diagram each of the following sentences:

1. We need more time for parties and relaxation, but we have tons of homework!
2. John seemed quite normal before he ate those strange mushrooms with spotted caps.
3. You do not get an automatic "A" if your roomate dies or if a mad man invades your dormitory.
4. After the nervous babysitter turned off the lights, she became scared of the shadows in the old house because she was familiar with the dark rumors about that neighborhood.
5. Taking vitamins may extend your life.
6. Aiming for the moon wastes ammunition.
7. They enjoy our sending anonymous gifts to their friends.
8. As the music swelled, the audience started tapping their feet.
9. Obviously, the deer dug up the bulbs in my garden by using their hooves.
10. To my surprise, the words on the first page of that novel sent shivers down my back for hours.