Identifying Sentence Elements:

1. The new machine processes more than 1000 cans per hour.
 Subject: The new machine
 Verb: processes
 Object: more than 1000 cans
 Complement (adverbial phrase): per hour
2. The search results revealed a new clue to solve that case.
 Subject: The search results
 Verb: revealed
 Object: a new clue
 Complement (prepositional phrase): to solve that case
3. Eating too quickly gave him an upset stomach.
 Subject: Eating (gerund acting as subject)
 Verb: gave
 Indirect object: him
 Direct object: an upset stomach
4. To travel around the world costs a lot of my savings, so I only do it once a year.
 Sentence 1:
o Subject: Traveling around the world (infinitive phrase)
o Verb: costs
o Direct object: a lot of my savings
 Sentence 2:
o Subject: I
o Verb: do
o Object: it (refers to traveling)
o Adverbial phrase: once a year
 Conjunction: so
5. My friends planned to go climbing last weekend, but the weather was terrible, so they
brought some new movies to be watched together in my house.
 Sentence 1:
o Subject: My friends
 o Verb: planned
o Infinitive phrase: to go climbing
o Adverbial phrase: last weekend
 Conjunction: but
 Sentence 2:
o Subject: The weather
o Verb: was
o Adjective: terrible
 Conjunction: so
 Sentence 3:
o Subject: They
o Verb: brought
o Direct object: some new movies
o Infinitive phrase: to be watched
o Prepositional phrase: together in my house
Corrected Sentences with Underlined Subjects, Double Underlined Verbs, and Circled
Connectors:
1. Incorrect.
 Corrected: I found a very interesting article about Global Warming yesterday.
(Subject: I, Verb: found, Connector: yesterday)
2. Incorrect.
 Corrected: They went for a holiday to East Europe with their friend.
(Subject: They, Verb: went, Connector: with)
3. Incorrect.
 Corrected: The assigned text is for the history class with Prof. McGreggor.
(Subject: The assigned text, Verb: is, Connector: with)
4. Incorrect.
 Corrected: Since it was first launched, the new application has provided many
helpful features. (Subject: It, Verb: was launched, has provided, Connector: Since)
5. Correct.
 Sentence: Engineers are needed to work on the new space program.
(Subject: Engineers, Verb: are needed)