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Noun Phrases and Predicate Phrases (Diagram the phrases outside the parentheses.) 1. Money talks. 2. Everything hurts. key S - sentence NP – noun phrase N – noun NGer – noun gerund PredP – predicate phrase VP – verb phrase V - verb 3. Accidents happen. 4. Politicians lie. 5. Memories fade. 6. Elephants remember. 7. Walking relaxes. 8. Laughing hurts. (The diagrams begin on page 39.) PROPER NOUNS God (used as a name) Book of Jeremiah Uncle Pedro Father (used as a name) Lake Superior the Capital Center the South University of Wisconsin Geology 101 Environmental Protection Agency COMMON NOUNS (a) god (a) book (my) uncle (my) father (a picturesque) lake (a) center (for advanced studies) (a) south wind (a good) university geology (a federal) agency Personal Prounouns: Prop (Diagram.) 1. They lumber. 2. It happens. 3. He listens. Singular 1st I 2nd You 3rd He/She/It Plural 1st We 2nd You 3rd They 4. She fawns. 5. I think.  Determiners: Det key DET - determiner Art – article (definite of indefinite) Dem – demonstrative Q – quantifier Poss - possessive NP/poss – possessive noun (dog’s bone) (Diagram.) 1. Some things change. 2. The dog’s paw bled. 3. That kid’s parents smoke. 4. Your vote counts. 5. These days drag. 6. 618 soldiers died. 7. That spy’s car flies. 8. All thirty children passed. 9. My sister’s boyfriend’s hamster died. 10. The town’s many problems vanished. 11. These two colors match. (Check your diagrams with the 1C diagram section in the back.) Adjective Phrases: AdjP (Diagram.) 1. The hot liquids synthesized. 2. His old car died. 3. This lavender dress sparkles. 4. The endangered condor subsists. 5. His heavy heart ached. 6. The restrained audience gasped. 7. Their exotic flowers wilted. 8. That very young girl won. 9. T