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Verb?: The judge’s decision sparked controversy in the

small community.

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Verb?: The twins’ vivid red hair draws everyone’s

attention.

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Verb?: James Worried about Monday’s history test.

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Verb?: The cat leaped to the safety of the tree’s lower

branches.

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Verb?: The old car puttered along like a windup toy.

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Verb?: Emilio smelled the container to determine its

contents.

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Verb?: The bologna smells spoiled.

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Verb?: The ground is parched from lack of rain.

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Verb?: The burglar fled with over two thousand dollars in

cash.

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Verb?: On the upper right-hand corner of the envelope,

Alex carefully pasted the stamp.

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Verbs?: A strong breeze filled the sails of the small boat, pushing it toward the

shore.

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Verbs?: Mrs. Binks sat on her porch and waited for the

mail to arrive.

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Verbs?: A person has a better chance of being struck by lightning that of winning

the lottery.

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Verbs?: Maud wondered why she had bought the black T-shirt with tarantulas on it.

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Verbs?: Grandpa said the baby looked like him—bald

and toothless.

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Verb and Subject?: Casablanca is Adrienne’s

favorite movie.

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Verb and Subject?: Exhaustion showed in Hank’s

face.

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Verb and Subject?: Ophelia’s college diploma

hung on the wall of her office.

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Verb and Subject?: Dust clung stubbornly to the

computer screen.

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Verb and Subject?: Tracy drove to the post office and

mailed her package.

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Prepositional phrases?: The vivid colors of the flowers in

the blue bowl on the table brighten the room.

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Prepositional phrases?: Outside the office, on the

busy street, swarms of happy vacationers were leaving for

weekend trips while John toiled alone.

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Prepositional phrases?: The point of Mr. Smith’s remarks

to the class was lost on Kendall, who dozed

peacefully in the back row.

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Prepositional phrases?: For dessert, I’ll have a cup of coffee and a slice of that

gooey, rich pecan pie.

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Prepositional phrases?: The smell of freshly brewed coffee

and frying bacon wafted through the open door of the

small restaurant on the corner of Poplar and Main.

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Verb?: Kim studied her sociology notes carefully

before the test.

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Verb?: The advertisement seems appealing.

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Verb?: Bernard felt sleepy all afternoon.

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Verb?: The baker felt the silky texture of the flour

between her fingers.

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Verb?: Alanna pounded loudly on the door.

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sparked

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draws

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worried

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leaped

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puttered

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smelled

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smells

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is

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fled

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pasted

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filled

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sat, waited

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has

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wondered, had bought

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said

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is and Casablanca

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showed and Exhaustion

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hung and diploma

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clung and Dust

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drove, mailed and Tracy

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of the flowers, in the blue bowl, on the table

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Outside the office, on the busy street, of happy

vacationers, for weekend trips

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of Mr. Smith’s remarks, to the class, on Kendall, in the

back row

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For dessert, of coffee, of that gooey, rich pecan pie

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of freshly brewed coffee and frying bacon, through the

open door, of the small restaurant, on the corner, of

Poplar and Main

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studied

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seems

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felt

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felt

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pounded

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Verb and Subject?: The vivid colors of the flowers in

the blue bowl on the table brighten the room.

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brighten and colors