Exercise 11.
Add Adjuncts to each Object.
The soldiers fought battles. Mary is minding baby. Walter threw a stone. Tom broke a window. The servant swept the room. The girl is milking the cow. The dog bit the beggar. The artist painted pictures. I am expecting a letter. We have won prizes. The fire destroyed houses. The general gained a victory. The engineer made a railway. The children drowned the kittens. We have bought books. He teaches geography.
Enlarged Predicate.
Predicates, like Subjects and Objects, may be enlarged by Adjuncts. Thus the sentence “Boys work” may, by additions to the Predicate, become
Boys work diligently.
Boys work now.
Boys work in school.
Boys work to please their teacher.
Boys work diligently now in school to please their teacher.