Answer to Question #200303 in English for David

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Question 2

   Read the passage below carefully and answer the questions that follow. Pandora, who had recently celebrated a birthday, opened her box of gifts. But she was shocked to see that Lila, who has been the fire warden for 30 years, and is currently living in a trailer with some scrappy dogs and cats, sent her almost thousand dollars as gift. So Pandora turned to Mr. Mann the man with small, dark eyes which peer inquisitively from behind metal-rimmed glasses and asked him what he thought. In a state of confusion, Mr. Mann asked Pandora to keep the money and send a thank you card to her friend. He then proposed that Pandora should find a cat which is worth at least ten dollars that

     she could buy for Lila.

a) Illustrate the part of speech of the each of the words underlined in the above passage identified

b) Explain the function of each of the part of speech you accorded them in

  (a) above.

Answer 1

Pandora, who had recently celebrated a birthday, opened her box of gifts. But she was shocked to see that Lila, who has been the fire warden for 30 years, and is currently living in a trailer with some scrappy dogs and cats, sent her almost thousand dollars as gift. So Pandora turned to Mr. Mann the man with small, dark eyes which peer inquisitively from behind metal-rimmed glasses and asked him what he thought. In a state of confusion, Mr. Mann asked Pandora to keep the money and send a thank you card to her friend. He then proposed that Pandora should find a cat which is worth at least ten dollars that she could buy for Lila.

a)      Pandora, Lila, warden, gift, Mr. Mann, man, eyes, money, friend, card, cat: are all nouns.

b)     They perform the role of subject of a verb, complement of a verb

 

a)      Who, her, she, him, he: These words are all pronouns.

b)     Pronouns are used to replace nouns in a sentence. They are often used to make sentences clearer, less awkward, and smoother.

 

a)     Celebrated, opened, was, shocked, see, is: are all verbs

b)     A verb shows us an action and time of action.