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Record Number: W4N09

Level Four: Add Verbals

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      Verbals are in 18-point bold, usually blue, with their functions indicated after them. (I can't easily draw boxes, ovals, and arrows on web documents.)  Other words counted in relation to them (such as conjunctions, complements, etc.) are also in 18-point bold. The font size of words aleady analyzed has been decreased. Words which remain to be analyzed are still in 14-point black..

     Hello! / Let me tell (Inf., D.O. of "let") you (I.O. of 

"tell") {about my family.} / My whole family was born {in Knoxville, 

Tn.} / I have a mom named (Gerundive to "mom" )

Martha Note #1 . / I have a father named (Gerundive to 

"father") Phillip./ I have sister name (Gerundive to "sister")

Missy. / I have brother name (Gerundive to "brother")

Sammy. / And me {of couse} Sara. / My mother was really {from 

South Carolina.} / She is used {to chickens, birds, wild life, snakes, 

kittens, bats.} / She was rasied {by grandmother} Anna Bell. / Now 

let me tell (Inf., D.O. of "let") you (I.O. of "tell") {about

my father.} / My father is handsome. / He knows karate. / He's

kinda of a short man. / But my father is a macanic {at General 

Motors.} / He is very handy. / Now here comes my sister. / My 

sister is kinda {like my mother.} / But my sister is very tall. / do you 

know [why she's tall.] / My mother and fathers grandfathers are

tall. / My sister goes {to Chandler.} / She is a flag person. / My 

brother./ My brother is bad. / He knows some karate too. / You

have met him. / He is {in kintergarten.} / His teaches name is Mrs. 

Carter./ Sammy is doing well {in school.} / Finally me. / I am just 

another important person just {like everybody else.} / I try to be

(Inf., D.O. of "try") myself (P.N. of "to be") all {though the

day.} / And try {to my best} each and every day. / And care {for 

everybody else.}  / Thank you. / that's my family. /

     Hello! / Let me tell (Inf., D.O. of "let") you (I.O. of 

"tell") [where I live.] / I live {at 426 Marydale Ave.} / It is the 

second house [when you go {down Bow St.}] / It is very big./ It is

tanish brown. / It has three straight poles {in the front.} / It has four

windows {in the front.} /  The two {in the front} are Sammys Sara's. /

The won {on the left} is Sammy's / and the won {on the right} is

Sara's. / Now is time to look (Inf., adjective to "time") inside. /

It is really messy. / [When you go upstairs.] / {On the left} you see 

the kitchen. / And the Living room. / Now {on the right side} you will

see the bathroom. / The linen closet. / And supply closet. / First is 

Missy's room. / Then comes Sara's room. / Last is Sammy's room. /

Walk downstairs. / {On the Left} is my Parents room. / They have 

the laundry room. / And another bathroom. / Then {on the right} is

the basement. / We have six tvs and six hbos {on them}/ 2 vcrs./

a microwave./ We have a Toyota Camery, And a Cheverle. / And 

a woodshed And a swing set. /
 

Notes

1. At this level, students would consider the words after "named" as direct objects. At Level Five, they will be analyzed as retained direct objects after the passive "named." The missing "d" in the last two instances suggests that these are what O'Donnell called "formulas," rather than true gerundives.
 
 

Progress:
Total Words = 390 Words %
L1: In Prep Phrases  84  22
L1A: + Adj. & Averbs 88 44
L2: + S / V / C 167 87
L3: + Clauses 24 93
L4: + Verbals 15 97

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