1. Tie
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2. Verb?: The judge’s decision sparked controversy in the small community.1

3. Verb?: The twins’ vivid red hair draws everyone’s attention.2

4. Verb?: James Worried about Monday’s history test.3

5. Verb?: The cat leaped to the safety of the tree’s lower branches.4

6. Verb?: The old car puttered along like a windup toy.5

7. Verb?: Emilio smelled the container to determine its contents.6

8. Verb?: The bologna smells spoiled.7

9. Verb?: The ground is parched from lack of rain.8

10. Verb?: The burglar fled with over two thousand dollars in cash.9

11. Verb?: On the upper right-hand corner of the envelope, Alex carefully pasted the stamp.10

12. Verbs?: A strong breeze filled the sails of the small boat, pushing it toward the shore.11

13. Verbs?: Mrs. Binks sat on her porch and waited for the mail to arrive.12

14. Verbs?: A person has a better chance of being struck by lightning that of winning the lottery.13

15. Verbs?: Maud wondered why she had bought the black T-shirt with tarantulas on it.14

16. Verbs?: Grandpa said the baby looked like him—bald and toothless.15

17. Verb and Subject?: Casablanca is Adrienne’s favorite movie.16

18. Verb and Subject?: Exhaustion showed in Hank’s face.17

19. Verb and Subject?: Ophelia’s college diploma hung on the wall of her office.18

20. Verb and Subject?: Dust clung stubbornly to the computer screen.19

21. Verb and Subject?: Tracy drove to the post office and mailed her package.20

22. Prepositional phrases
Prepositional phrases?: The vivid colors of the flowers in the blue bowl on the table brighten the room. 21

23. Prepositional phrases
Prepositional phrases?: Outside the office, on the busy street, swarms of happy vacationers were leaving for weekend trips while John toiled alone. 22

24. Prepositional phrases. : The point of Mr
Prepositional phrases?: The point of Mr. Smith’s remarks to the class was lost on Kendall, who dozed peacefully in the back row. 23

25. Prepositional phrases
Prepositional phrases?: For dessert, I’ll have a cup of coffee and a slice of that gooey, rich pecan pie. 24

26. Prepositional phrases
Prepositional phrases?: The smell of freshly brewed coffee and frying bacon wafted through the open door of the small restaurant on the corner of Poplar and Main. 25

27. Verb?: Kim studied her sociology notes carefully before the test.26

28. Verb?: The advertisement seems appealing.27

29. Verb?: Bernard felt sleepy all afternoon.28

30. Verb?: The baker felt the silky texture of the flour between her fingers.29

31. Verb?: Alanna pounded loudly on the door.30

32. sparked 1

33. draws 2

34. worried 3

35. leaped 4

36. puttered 5

37. smelled 6

38. smells 7

39. is 8

40. fled 9

41. pasted 10

42. filled 11

43. sat, waited 12

44. has 13

45. wondered, had bought 14

46. said 15

47. is and Casablanca 16

48. showed and Exhaustion 17

49. hung and diploma 18

50. clung and Dust 19

51. drove, mailed and Tracy 20

52. of the flowers, in the blue bowl, on the table21

53. Outside the office, on the busy street, of happy vacationers, for weekend trips22

54. of Mr. Smith’s remarks, to the class, on Kendall, in the back row23

55. For dessert, of coffee, of that gooey, rich pecan pie24

56. of freshly brewed coffee and frying bacon, through the open door, of the small restaurant, on the corner, of Poplar and Main 25

57. studied 26

58. seems 27

59. felt 28

60. felt 29

61. pounded 30

62. Verb and Subject?: The vivid colors of the flowers in the blue bowl on the table brighten the room.
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63. brighten and colors
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