J. with a verb in the present perfect The young barber has been
tense with a present participle sweepingup.
K. with a verb in the future perfect The young barber will have earned
tense fifty dollars by noon.
L. in a compound sentence with The little girl picked out some
the conjunction and candy, and the young barber
placed it in a bag.
M. in a compound sentence with The boss was angry because the
the conjunction because young barber was late again.
N. antecedent of the relative I met the young barber, whose
pronoun whose girlfriend is an actress.
O. antecedent of the relative Here is a photo of the young
pronoun that,who, or which barberthat used to work
downtown.
P. antecedent of an elliptical The woman thanked the young
relative pronoun barbershe liked so much.
Q. subject of a passive present The young barber has been fired
perfect tense verb today.
R. subject of a passive past tense The young barber was shockedby
verb the horrible news.
S. after a conditional phrase, If he could hear me, the young
such as If he could hear me barber would wave.Writing According to the Format
Exercise 3.1Write ten sentences similar to the examples in A–S. Next to the
part of speech for each sentence you will see which example sentence is simi-
lar to your new sentence. Use the phrase the new waiter.- subject of the sentence (Compare to sample sentence A.)
- direct object (Compare to sample sentence B.)
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