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Old 14-May-2004, 16:40
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A gian panda is a special king of bear.it has thick white fur with black ears
and legs, and black patches around its eyes.Most pandas live on their own, in the mountains of china. They eat bamboo which grows in the forests.

red noun
blue pronoun
green verb

I am starting from parts of speechs.
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A gian panda is a special king of bear.it has thick white fur with black ears
and legs, and black patches around its eyes.Most pandas live on their own, in the mountains of china. They eat bamboo which grows in the forests.
Nouns:
  • panda
    kind
    bear
    fur
    ears
    patches
    eyes
    pandas
    mountains
    China
    bamboo
    forests

Pronouns:
  • It
    its
    their
    They

Verbs:
  • is
    has
    live
    eat
    grows
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All living things need water. people and animals need water to drink.Plants need water to help them grow.Rain is water that falls from the clouds in the sky. Clouds are made of millions and millions of tiny drops of water.

Red Nounoun
Blue Pronoun
Green Verb
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Red Nounoun
Blue Pronoun
Green Verb

Idont know pronouns in the paragraph.
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All living things need water. people and animals need water to drink.Plants need water to help them grow.Rain is water that falls from the clouds in the sky. Clouds are made of millions and millions of tiny drops of water.

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Blue Pronoun
Green Verb
Hello,

Within a sentence words are divided into two basic categories: 1) their name (FORM) and what they do (FUNCTION).

1. All living things need water.

FORM
All (adjective)
living (participle adjective)
things (plural noun)
need (present tense verb)
water (non-count noun)

FUNCTION
All living things (subject)
need (main verb)
water (object)

All (modifies the noun phrase 'living things')
living (modifies the plural noun 'things')


2. People and animals need water to drink.

FORM
People (plural noun)
and (conjunction)
animals (plural noun)
need (present tense verb)
water (non-count noun)
to drink (to-infinitive verb)

FUNCTION
People and animals (subject)
need (verb)
water (object)
to drink (adverb) It answers the question, "Why do people and animals need water?"

3. Plants need water to help them grow.

FORM
Plants (plural noun)
need (present tense verb)
water (non-count noun)
to help (to-infintive verb)
them (plural pronoun, personal, object form)

FUNCTION
Plants (subject)
need (verb)
water (object)
to help them grow (adverb)

4. Rain is water that falls from the clouds in the sky.

FORM
Rain (noun)
is (linking verb, present tense)
water (non-count noun)
that (subordinate conjunction)
falls (verb)
from (preposition)
the (determiner/article)
clouds (plural noun)
in (preposition)
the (determiner/article)
sky (noun)

FUNCTION
Rain (subject)
is (linking verb, present tense)
water (object)
that falls from clouds in the sky (relative clause) It modifies or describes the noun 'water')
from clouds (adverb) Where does the rain fall from?
in the sky (adverb) Where are the clouds? In the sky.

5. Clouds are made of millions and millions of tiny drops of water.

Clouds (plural noun)
are (linking verb, present tense, plural)
made (adjective)
of (preposition)
millions (plural noun)
and (conjunction)
millions (plural noun)
of (preposition)
tiny (adjective)
drops (plural noun)
of (preposition)
water (non-count noun)

FUNCTION

Clouds (subject)
are (verb)
made of millions and millions of tiny drops of water (object)

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All living things need water. people and animals need water to drink.Plants need water to help them grow.Rain is water that falls from the clouds in the sky. Clouds are made of millions and millions of tiny drops of water.

Red Noun
Blue Pronoun
Green Verb
Nouns:
  • All living things
    living things
    things
    water
    Plants
    water
    Rain
    water
    clouds
    sky
    Clouds
    millions
    millions
    drops
    water

Pronouns:
  • them (refers to "Plants")
    that (relative pronoun)

Verbs:
  • need
    need
    drink
    need
    help
    grow
    is
    falls
    are
    are made of

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  • I don't know what the pronouns are in that paragraph.
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Hi,

Thank you RonBee for correcting my santences. :)
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