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The Ransom of Red Chief - Notes

The Ransom of Red Chief

by O. Henry

Reading + Vocabulary - Deleted

A: Comprehension -Deleted

B: Working with words -Deleted

D: Listening and Speaking – Deleted

E: Composition– Deleted

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(Pages 21-22) only Exercise C. included

Subject and Predicate

The subject of the sentence is what (or whom) the sentence is about.

A predicate is the part of a sentence, that tells what the subject is doing or who the subject is.

C. LEARNING ABOUT LANGUAGE SENTENCES


1. Write the following sentences in your exercise book, putting a box (or brackets) round the subject and a line under the predicate.


a. (Bill) rose slowly.

b. Be good, (Johnny).

c. Now (I) want you to go home.

d. (Nobody), got any sleep because of the noise.

e. Just do it. (you)


2. Add suitable subjects to the following so that they become complete sentences.


a. ____Naveed________ ambled down the road.

b. At the end of the day, ____Arif_______ stretches out in his chair.

c. In the large mansion lies ______a huge statue________.

d. When they arrived, _________their mother________ looked astonished.

e. _____Maaz_______ chased the cats.

f. ______The good boy________, cleaned up the mess.


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