1. DGP For the week of February 1st

2. This week’s sentence: julia wants to give a card to stephan for valentine’s day but she is shy

3. Day One: julia - proper noun wants – action verb to give - infinitive a - article card - common noun to - preposition stephan – proper noun for - preposition valentine’s day – proper noun but – coordinating conjunction she - pronoun is – linking verb shy - adjective

4. Day Two julia wants (to give a card) infinitive phrase (to stephan) prep. phrase (for valentine’s day) prep. phrase but she is shy

5. [julia wants (to give a card) infinitive phrase (to stephan) prep. phrase (for valentine’s day) prep. phrase] INDEPENDENT CLAUSE but [she is shy] INDEPENDENT CLAUSE

6. Day Three DO julia wants VT (to give a card) OP ( to stephan) (for valentine’s day) but she is VI shy (predicate adjective)

7. Day Four Julia wants to give a card to Stephan for Valentine’s Day, but she is shy. Proper Nouns are always capitalized. When a coordinating conjunction is used to join independent clauses, a comma is needed also. The sentence is making a statement. It is DECLARATIVE AND SHOULD END WITH A PERIOD. 1 INDEPENDENT CLAUSE + 1 INDEPENDENT CLAUSE = COMPOUND SENTENCE

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