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Record Number: W4N10

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..

     There are five people {in my family} my mom, my dad and my 

two brothers / their names are Ray and Paul. / I live {at 328 

Sandy Dr.} / First I think [I will start {with my dad.}] / My dad works

{at Optimal Arts.} / He travels pretty much. / He goes all {over the 

place} asking (Gerundive to "he") {for money} {for his 

company.} / My dad's name is Bill. / I will talk {about my mom.} / 

Well she is pretty tall / and she is also pretty. / Everyday she stays 

home and watches my brother {except [when he goes {to 

preschool.}] / My mom's name is Sarah. / I will talk {about my big 

brother.} / He likes to play (Inf., D.O. of "likes") golf (D.O.

of "to play") a lot. / His best is an eighty-two {on eighteen 

holes}{from the men's tee's.} / And that is good {from the men's tee's.}

/ My brother is 13 / His name is Ray / Now my little brother Paul. 

/ He can be a really pain sometimes. / Like [when I am talking {on 

the phone}and sitting {on the sofa}] he starts jumping 

(Gerund, D.O. of "starts") {on the sofa} / and I start 

bouncing (Gerund, D.O. of "start")  up and down. / But I 

like him a lot. / He is three years old. / His name is Paul. /

     I will talk {about myself.} /  Well I like playing (Gerund, 

D.O. of "like") golf (D.O. of "playing") also. / My best score 

{on eighteen holes} is an eighty-six {from the ladie's tee's.} / That is 

really good {for me.} / My best {from the men's tee's}{on nine holes} is 

a forty-six {on the hardest nine.} / I am nine years old. /

     I will talk {about Dierdorf Pupper Walter.} / Well he is a four 

legged creature / He is a dog. / He has brown and black fur. / I like 

him a lot. / He is eleven years old. / Yesterday was his birthday. /

     My house is mosty made {of bricks} / and the other part

is made {out of something else} / I don't know [what it is] though. /

I live {at 423 Sandy Drive.} / My house is pretty big. / We have

big back yard. / I have the biggest bedroom {in the house} {out of five 

rooms.} / Our basement is big. / We have a pinball machine and

big ping-pong table. / Most {of the time} I stay downstairs.

[Because it is cool {down there.}] / [After I come in [when it is hot 

outside]] I go down {in the basement.} / Then I get cold [so I go 

upstairs.] / My brother's room is the second biggest {in the house.} / 

My parent's room is {down the hall} [when you walk in.] / My little 

brothers room is {in the hall} also. / So is the bathroom. / We

have a living room and a family room and a kitchen. / Well that is

all {about my house.} /
 


 
 
Progress:
Total Words = 438 Words %
L1: In Prep Phrases 114  27
L1A: + Adj. & Averbs 94 47
L2: + S / V / C 189 91
L3: + Clauses 13 94
L4: + Verbals 8 95

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