# Eternity Async Tutoring **URL:** https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/eternity-async-tutoring/1932 **Category:** Tutoring **Created:** [April 17, 2024, 11:22pm UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/eternity-async-tutoring/1932 "2024-04-17T23:22:52Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 465
### Author: ![Eternity](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/user_avatar/discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/eternity/32/5930_2.png) [@Eternity](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/Eternity) #### Post date: [July 30, 2024, 2:09pm UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/eternity-async-tutoring/1932/465 "2024-07-30T14:09:24Z")
Forgot to time but looking at the clock it took about an hour. Steps I was using: - Step 1 - Find the action or linking verb - Step 2 - Find the subject - Step 3 - Find the object/complement - Step 4 - Find the modifiers and what they are modifying - Step 5 - Figure out what the whole sentence means. > Here are some sentences to get you started practicing: - John is wise. - 1 - is, linking verb - 2 - John, subject - 3 - wise, complement - 4 - no modifiers - 5 - John, in his current state of being, is wise. - John quickly drank milk. - 1 - drank, action verb - 2 - John, subject - 3 - milk, object - 4 - quickly modifies drank - 5 - The way John drank his milk was very fast. - John likes big, fast cars. - 1 - likes, action verb - 2 - John, subject - 3 - cars, object - 4 - big, fast, modifiers - big modifies car - fast modifies car - 5 - John likes the kind of cars that are both big and fast. - John went to the new store. - 1 - went, action verb - 2 - John, subject - 3 - no direct object - 4 - to the new store , prepositional phrase modifying went - to - preposition - the is modifying store - new is modifying store - store is the prepositional noun - 5 - John went to a store. The store was new. The store was the only(?) new one. - The ferocious dog chased three cats over the chair. - 1 - chased, action verb - 2 - dog, subject - 3 - cats, object - 4 - the, ferocious, three, over the chair - the modifies dog - ferocious modifies dog - three modifies cats - over the chair is a prepositional phrase modifying chased - over is the preposition - the is modifying chair - chair is the noun governed by over - 5 - There is a ferocious dog. The dog chased three cats. The dog chased the cats while going over the chair. - Clever John carefully ate the very juicy steak. - 1 - ate, action verb - 2 - John, subject - 3 - steak, object - 4 - clever, carefully, the, very, juicy - clever is an adjective modifying John - carefully is an adverb modifying ate - the is a determiner modifying steak - very is an adverb modifying juicy - juicy is an adjective modifying steak. - 5 - John is a clever person. John ate a steak carefully. The steak that he ate was very juicy. - John thought hard about chemistry. - 1 - thought, action verb - 2 - John, subject - 3 - no direct object - 4 - hard, about chemistry - hard is an adverb modifying thought - about chemistry is a prepositional phrase modifying thought - about is a preposition - chemistry is the noun governed by about - 5 - John thought about chemistry. The thinking was hard/involved a lot of effort. - John put the toy soldier in the compartment in the box on the shelf in his room. - 1 - put, action verb - 2 - John, subject - 3 - soldier? , object - 4 - the, toy, in the compartment, in the box, on the shelf, in his room - the is a determiner modifying soldier - toy is an adjective modifying soldier - in the compartment is a prepositional phrase modifying put - in is the preposition - the is a determiner modifying compartment - compartment is the noun governed by in - in the box is a prepositional phrase modifying compartment - in is the preposition - the is a determiner modifying box - box is the noun governed by in - on the shelf is a preposition modifying box - on is the preposition - the is a determiner modifying shelf - box is the noun governed by on - in his room is a preposition modifying shelf - in is the preposition - his is an adjective modifying room - room is the noun governed by in - 5 - John put away a soldier that was a toy. He put the toy in a compartment which was located in a box. The box was on a shelf. The shelf was in his room. - The delicious cake with berries unfortunately fell onto the dirty floor from the table. - 1 - fell, action verb - 2 - cake, subject - 3 - no object - 4 - the, delicious, with berries, unfortunately, onto the dirty floor, from the table. - the is a determiner modifying cake - delicious is an adjective modifying cake - with berries is a prepositional phrase acting as an adjective modifying cake - unfortunately is an adverb modifying fell - onto the dirty floor is a prepositional phrase modifying fell - onto is the preposition - the is a determiner modifying floor - dirty is an adjective modifying floor - floor is the noun governed by onto - from the table is a prepositional phrase modifying fell - from is the preposition - the is a determiner modifying table - table is the noun governed by from - 5 - There is a cake. The cake is delicious. The cake had berries on it. The cake fell. The cake fell from a table. The cake fell from the table onto a floor. The floor was dirty. --- _[View the full topic](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/eternity-async-tutoring/1932)._