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APPLYING KEY IDEAS

Directions: Analyze the following sentences, identifying their constituents.
Select five and diagram them using the phrase-structure rules presented in
this chapter.

1. Mrs. DiMarco’s nephew was Raul, who had a crush on Maria.


2. Maria worked in a jewelry store, but she did volunteer work at a hospital.


3. Raul dreamed of being a movie star.


4. When Macarena accepted Buggsy’s invitation to the party, she did not know
   that Fred and Fritz would be there.


5. The party was at Buggsy’s house in Beverly Hills, which Liberace had owned.


6. Macarena was impressed when she saw the celebrities at the party, and she
   was thrilled when Michael Star shook her hand.


7. Buggsy, who was drinking too much champagne, pulled Macarena into a
   dark corner and whispered sweet nothings in her ear.


8. He promised to take her to Mexico if he could get his wife to go to Paris for a
   holiday.


9. Macarena knew that she really wanted to take the trip.


10. Later, Macarena was stunned as Fred and Fritz walked into the party.


11. She set her drink down and walked over to her guys with an angry expression
    on her face.


12. Fred looked guilty because he remembered the party in Malibu when the
    paramedics had taken Buggsy away.


13. They gave Macarena a kiss, and she decided to mingle.


14. By accident, she stumbled upon Buggsy and Rita de Luna, who was wearing
    a white spandex jumpsuit that barely covered her anywhere.


15. Macarena could not believe her eyes, because Buggsy was trying to whisper
    sweet nothings into Rita’s ear.


16. Rita, although aware of Buggsy’s status, seemed uninterested.


17. Macarena slipped away, but Michael Star grabbed her and pulled her to the
    dance floor, where he started to boogie.


18. Suddenly, three goons lifted Michael up and carried him outside.


19. Macarena began to think that Buggsy might be rather selfish and possessive.


20. In that moment, she worried about Fred and Fritz because Buggsy would
    send the goons after them.


21. She also felt flattered that Buggsy wanted her, but the matter of Rita de Luna
    presented a big problem.


22. Macarena picked up another drink and thought about solutions as the music
    played.


23. She saw Fred and Fritz across the room, where they were talking intensely
    with Senator River Run and four young women.
    24.Because she watched the news, Macarena knew that the women were Brazilian
    quadruplets who had discovered a cure for baldness in the Amazon jungle.

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