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Record Number: W4N01

Level 1A: 
Prepositional Phrases Plus
Ajectives and Adverbs

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Adjectives are in green; adverbs in blue.In subsequent levels, both will be in gray..Conjunctions which coordinate adjectives or adverbs are colored brown and counted as words analyzed.

    My house is {on a corner}. It has red bricks and white

trim. If you go {in the front door} you go {down the hall}

and turn left [Note #1] you come {to my brothers[Note] room}

If you go straight again and turn right is my room. If you go 

{across the hall} is a bathroom. Then go straight is my mom 

and dad [Note] room. Now I'll tell you {about my room}, it

is pink[Note] and has blue carpet. I'll tell you {about my 

brothers[Note] room}. It is cream color walls, and brown

carpet. He also has a T.V. My mom anddads[Note] room 

have cream walls and green carpet. Thats[Note] all the

bedrooms, now lets[Note] go {in the family room}, another

bedroom, my dogs[Note] room. There is a tv {in that room}.

A couch, and a chair. The kitchen isnt[Note]very popular.[Note]

We eat {in there}. Theres[Note] a table and four chairs, a oven,

a sink, a refriderator, and cabnets. We have a dining room and

a living room. We put our Christmas tree {in the living

room}. We have a table, two chairs, and a couch. We 

sometimes eat {in the dining room}. The house is {on 300 

Main Street}. The worst day I ever spent {in my life} was 

when I was six years old. I was watching my brother and his

friends play soccer. I had a popcicle {in my hand}. I wanted 

to go inside. So I was going to go {up the steps} {to the

door}, I tripped {in a gap} {in the sidewalk} and hit my

head {on the steps}. I was crying as loud[Note #2] as I could. 

My dad had just got home {from work}, so he was {in his 

good clothes}. He heard me crying and he picked me up. He 

took me {to the bathroom}. When we got {to the

bathroom} both {of our shirts} were soked {with blood}.

My mom was {in the bathroom}. She was cleaning, so she 

had just wetted a washcloth. She put it {on my head}. The

cloth was very cold[Note]. {In about fifteen minutes}the

bleeding stopped. 

     Today I feel great[Note].  It's beause we got Nickelodean, 

Disney Channel, and M.T.V. I really like it. Do you like to 

watch T.V? I can't wait {until Halloween}. I might be a

punk or a chinese girl. I might even be a cowgirl. What are 

you going to be {for Halloween}

     Today I feel great[Note]! I am looking forward {to a visit} 

{from my cousin Curt and his wife Michelle}. He is going 

to show us pictures {of when he was {in Hong Kong}! He 

and his wife travel a lot! Today I feel awful[Note]! Becaus my

dad said he was going to get rid {of the Disney Chanel and

all that junk} because my brother and I fuss {over it}

But my dad might let us keep it if were[Note]good[Note]
 

Notes

1. If a student wanted to consider "left" as an adverb to "turn," I would simply accept the answer as correct -- even though my dictionary does not list "left" as an adverb. KISS ultimately offers two possible explanations for "left." It can be considered as the object of an ellipsed preposition ("to the left"), or as a Noun Used as an Adverb.

2. Some prescriptivist grammarians would say that "loud" should be "loudly," but even most educated people use "loud" as an adverb. The first "as" is an adverb to "loud"; the second "as" functions as a subordinate conjunction joining the subordinate clause to the first as. I would not expect students to understand this until they get to clauses.
 
 

Progress:
Total Words = 483 Words %
L1: In Prep Phrases 125  26 %
L1A: + Adj. & Averbs  89 44 %

 

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