Asked by Hayden
Identify the subject, verb, compliment, adj and prep phrase
1. Scientists throughout the world have expressed concern about the fate if the giant panda.
2. In recent years this animal’s natural habitat has slowly become smaller.
3. Many forests of bamboo, the panda’s favorite food, have died.
4. A panda may devour as much as forty pounds of bamboo a day.
5. However, each tender green shoot of bamboo contains only a very small amount of
nutrients.
1. scientist- subject, have expressed-verb, giant-adjective, throughout the world-prep phrase, concern-compliment
2. habitat-subject, has become-verb, in recent years-prep phrase, natural-adjective, smaller-compliment
3. forests-subject, have died-verb, many-adjective, of bamboo-prep phrase
4. panda-subject, may-verb, devour-compliment, on this page-prep phrase
forty pounds-adjective
5. shoot-subject, contains-verb, tender green-adjective, of bamboo-prep phrase, only-compliment
1. Scientists throughout the world have expressed concern about the fate if the giant panda.
2. In recent years this animal’s natural habitat has slowly become smaller.
3. Many forests of bamboo, the panda’s favorite food, have died.
4. A panda may devour as much as forty pounds of bamboo a day.
5. However, each tender green shoot of bamboo contains only a very small amount of
nutrients.
1. scientist- subject, have expressed-verb, giant-adjective, throughout the world-prep phrase, concern-compliment
2. habitat-subject, has become-verb, in recent years-prep phrase, natural-adjective, smaller-compliment
3. forests-subject, have died-verb, many-adjective, of bamboo-prep phrase
4. panda-subject, may-verb, devour-compliment, on this page-prep phrase
forty pounds-adjective
5. shoot-subject, contains-verb, tender green-adjective, of bamboo-prep phrase, only-compliment
Answers
Answered by
Ms. Sue
1. 1. Scientists throughout the world have expressed concern about the fate if the giant panda.
scientist- subject, have expressed-verb, giant-adjective, throughout the world-prep phrase, concern-compliment
<b> You're missing a prepositional phrase. </b>
2. In recent years this animal’s natural habitat has slowly become smaller.
habitat-subject, has become-verb, in recent years-prep phrase, natural-adjective, smaller-complement
<b>Yes.</b>
3. Many forests of bamboo, the panda’s favorite food, have died.
forests-subject, have died-verb, many-adjective, of bamboo-prep phrase
<b>Yes.</b>
I'll be back a little later to finish checking.
scientist- subject, have expressed-verb, giant-adjective, throughout the world-prep phrase, concern-compliment
<b> You're missing a prepositional phrase. </b>
2. In recent years this animal’s natural habitat has slowly become smaller.
habitat-subject, has become-verb, in recent years-prep phrase, natural-adjective, smaller-complement
<b>Yes.</b>
3. Many forests of bamboo, the panda’s favorite food, have died.
forests-subject, have died-verb, many-adjective, of bamboo-prep phrase
<b>Yes.</b>
I'll be back a little later to finish checking.
Answered by
Ms. Sue
4. A panda may devour as much as forty pounds of bamboo a day.
panda-subject, may-verb, devour-compliment, on this page-prep phrase
forty pounds-adjective
<b>verb is wrong.
Wrong complement
Wrong prep phrase
Adjective is wrong</b>
5. However, each tender green shoot of bamboo contains only a very small amount of
nutrients.
shoot-subject, contains-verb, tender green-adjective, of bamboo-prep phrase, only-compliment
<b> missing a prep phrase
Complement is wrong</b>
panda-subject, may-verb, devour-compliment, on this page-prep phrase
forty pounds-adjective
<b>verb is wrong.
Wrong complement
Wrong prep phrase
Adjective is wrong</b>
5. However, each tender green shoot of bamboo contains only a very small amount of
nutrients.
shoot-subject, contains-verb, tender green-adjective, of bamboo-prep phrase, only-compliment
<b> missing a prep phrase
Complement is wrong</b>
Answered by
Anonymous
4. May devour-verb, of bamboo-prep phrase, forty pounds-compliment, day-adjective
5. Of nutrients-prep phrase; amount-compliment
5. Of nutrients-prep phrase; amount-compliment