Ch.+7+Pre-test

Prior to reading the chapter, copy the questions from below, paste them into a word document, complete each section as best you can, and save them to reflect on after reading the chapter. Please send all post-chapter reflections to me upon completion of the chapter.

1.) Combine one of the following sets of simple sentences into elaborae single sentences that preserve the main idea of each simple sentence. Desrcibe the operations you carried out on the simple sentence to combine each of the sentence sets in to one complete, elaborate sentence.

Set #1 The team won the game. The won in overtime. The team ws determined. The game was for the championship of the league.

Set #2 The Coast Guard undertook a mission. They searched immediately after the plane crash, They searched for debris. They looked for survivors. They were not optimistic.

2.) Here are three kernel sentences. Choose one to to elaborate by asking questions of the subject and predicate, such as "How many?" "What kind?" "Where?" "How?" "When?" or "How long?" and then adding these answers to the kernels.

Presidents lie. Fans swoon. Hawaii calls.

3.) The following phrases are ambiguous. Diagram each to show the phrase structures underlying the ambiguities of each phrase. Explain the different meanings of each.
 * negative film developer
 * older women's doctor
 * English language translator
 * white Audi driver
 * red maple cabinets