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Record Number: W4N04

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..

     I live {at 432 Xxxxxxxx Street.} / I live {in a green and white

house} / I have four bedrooms. / My moms bedroom is the

biggest, / we have seven closets {in our house} [I play hid and seek 

{in them}] / my back yard is big [so my brother built a club house.]

/ We have a shower {in our bath room,} / my sister is always {in the 

shower} [when I want to get (Inf., D.O. of "want") {in it.}] / 

My mom has a dressing room {in her bedroom.} / I have lots {of 

toys}{in my room} and lots {of Janit Jackson posters and the Jets.} /

{In my sisters room}all [she has] is makeup. / I have a bathroom and

a dining room and a living room and a kitchen. / My room is purple 

and and (="has") a rainbow {acrose it.} / My brothers room is junky. 

/

     This morning I woke up and got dressed / and then my aunt told

me to make (Inf., D.O. of "told" Note #1) her (I.O. of "to 

make") a cup (D.O. of "to make") {of coffe} / and I spilled it /

and I fell {in dirt} and tangeled my hair / has your morning ever 

started {like this.} /

     This morning I woke  / and I couldnt find nothing to wear 

(Inf., adjective to "nothing")  / and I fell {down the steps} / but 

that was not the worst thing / I couldn't eat my cearl and mile 

[because my throght was sore] / Oh and also I am going to go {to 

the new mall}this week to get (Inf., adverb to "going to go") 

new clothes (D.O. of "to get") / do you go {to the new mall.} /

     My mother is very beatyful. / I have a brother and sister. / My 

dad is tall / my mom is short. / My brother looks {like my dad.} /

[When my mom is {in a good mood}] she takes us shopping.

Every time [my dad is {in a good mood}] he gives us money. / My 

sister looks {like my mother} / and so do I. / My sister is {in 

Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Middle School.} /

     My dad is 30. / My mom is 29. / My moms birthday is November 

the 23. / My mom is a nurse / my dad workes {on cars.} /  my sister 

is 12, / she does my hair. / my brother is 10. / he fixes bikes. /

My sisters name is Dxxxxx /and my brothers mane is Dxxxxx. / I

was born {in Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx.} /
 

Notes

1. At this point, "me" can be considered both the indirect object of "told" and the subject of "to make."
 
 

Progress:
Total Words = 365 Words %
L1: In Prep Phrases  86  24
L1A: + Adj. & Averbs 71 43
L2: + S / V / C 177 92
L3: + Clauses 14 95
L4: + Verbals 11 98

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