KISS Grammar - Quotation Marks # 5, adapted from Voyages in English (AK)

Quotation Marks (#5)
Adapted from Voyages in English - Fifth Year
Analysis Key

1. [DO "Mother ^[DirA], I hurt my leg (DO),"] sobbed the little boy. | ^[#1]

2. "No," [ ^[#2] answered Andrew,] "I cannot stay." |

3. [DO "How tired (PA) you look!"] exclaimed Mother. | ^[#1]

4. "Marie ^[DirA]," [ ^[#2] she whispered,] "do you hear footsteps (DO)?" |

5. Louise inquired, [DO "Where shall I meet her (DO)?"] |

6. "Yes," [ ^[#2] added Clarence,] "we shall be there promptly." |

7. [DO "*You* March forward!"] commanded the general. | ^[#1]

8. [DO " *You* Tell your experience (DO) {to the class},"] begged

Patricia. | ^[#1]

9. [DO " "How happy (PA) I am!"] called Helen. | ^[#1]

10. John Paul Jones replied, [DO "I have not yet begun to fight ^[#3] !"] |

Notes 1. Alternatively, the "hurt" clause can be considered the main clause, and the "sobbed" clause can be explained as an interjection. See KISS Level 3.2.3 - Interjection? Or Direct Object?
2. KISS explains this type of clause as an interjection. See KISS Level 3.2.3 - Interjection? Or Direct Object?
3. Grammar books are not usually consistently clear as to whether or not "begin" should be considered a helping verb. Thus, in KISS, students can consider "to fight" as part of the finite verb phrase or they can consider it a verbal (infinitive) that functions as the direct object of "have begun."