In each of the following sentences, identify every prepositional phrase, every subject, and every verb. Put parenthesis around all prepositional phrases, put S above all subjects, and put V above all verbs. You must correctly identify all of these in a sentence in order to receive credit for that sentence.

            S                    V                                             S        V                V

    Learning to read was such a joy (for me). The teacher would often take small

                                                                S     V     V

groups (to the front) (of the class), and we would sit (in a semicircle) (around a large,

poster size version) (of the reader). I can still recite sentences (from that reader). I

    V                                                                                        V

remember reading all (about Dick, Jane, and Spot). There were also so many fascinating

    S                                 S    V                                    S    V                V

books (in my house), so I tried to read all (of them). I could not understand a lot (of the

material), but I did not care. I was reading!

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