1. Fix the apostrophe problem in each sentence. 2. After each sentence, rewrite the phrases with apostrophes as prepositional phrases. For example, "my brother's dog" would be "the dog of my brother." 3. Place parentheses ( ) around each prepositional phrase. 4. Underline every verb twice, its subject(s) once, and label any complements ("PA," "PN," "IO," or "DO"). 5. Put brackets [ ] around every subordinate clause and use arrows or labels to indicate their function. 6. Put a vertical line at the end of every main clause. 1. He at first supposed that his daughters marriage had taken place yesterday.
2. If a girl, doll or no doll, swoons within a yard or two of a mans nose, he
can see it without a perspective-glass.
3. He looked like his illustration, as he raised his eyes to Mr. Lorrys face. ______________________________________________________________ 4. As a whirlpool of boiling waters has a centre point, so, all this raging circled
round Defarges wine-shop.
5. "You have no idea how such an apprehension weighs on the sufferers
mind."
6. It was almost morning, when Defarges wine-shop parted with its last knot of
customers.
7. Whatever might befall now, he must on to his journeys end. ______________________________________________________________ 8. He stood at Mr. Crunchers elbow as negligently as he might have stood at
the Old Bailey itself.
9. They returned home to breakfast, and all went well, and in due course the golden hair that had mingled with the poor shoemakers white locks in the Paris garret, were mingled with them again in the morning
sunlight, on the threshold of the door at parting.
10. Mr. Lorrys inquiries into Miss Prosss personal history had established the fact that her brother Solomon was a heartless scoundrel
who had stripped her of everything she possessed.
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