Directions: In the following sentences, identify the nouns.
1) Once, Johnny Carson made a joke on his television show, but this caused some trouble for him.
2) What he claimed was that there was a shortage of paper towels in this country.
3) He went on to describe what the consequences of the shortage might be, which alarmed many.
4) The implication of this joke was that people had better stock up on paper towels quickly.
5) This was a humorous skit to those who knew that this situation did not exist.
6) Within days, however, a real shortage developed which surprised everyone.
7) Those who did not realize the shortage was fake went out and bought all of the paper towels they could find.
8) This disrupted the normal paper towel distribution, which created shortages for whoever really needed paper towels.
Then, in the same sentences, identify the verbs and verb phrases.
1) Once, Johnny Carson made a joke on his television show, but this caused some trouble for him.
2) What he claimed was that there was a shortage of paper towels in this country.
3) He went on to describe what the consequences of the shortage might be, which alarmed many.
4) The implication of this joke was that people had better stock up on paper towels quickly.
5) This was a humorous skit to those who knew that this situation did not exist.
6) Within days, however, a real shortage developed which surprised everyone.
7) Those who did not realize the shortage was fake went out and bought all of the paper towels they could find.
8) This disrupted the normal paper towel distribution, which created shortages for whoever really needed paper towels.
1) Once, Johnny Carson made a joke on his television show, but this caused some trouble for him.
2) What he claimed was that there was a shortage of paper towels in this country.
3) He went on to describe what the consequences of the shortage might be, which alarmed many.
4) The implication of this joke was that people had better stock up on paper towels quickly.
5) This was a humorous skit to those who knew that this situation did not exist.
6) Within days, however, a real shortage developed which surprised everyone.
7) Those who did not realize the shortage was fake went out and bought all of the paper towels they could find.
8) This disrupted the normal paper towel distribution, which created shortages for whoever really needed paper towels.
Then, in the same sentences, identify the verbs and verb phrases.
1) Once, Johnny Carson made a joke on his television show, but this caused some trouble for him.
2) What he claimed was that there was a shortage of paper towels in this country.
3) He went on to describe what the consequences of the shortage might be, which alarmed many.
4) The implication of this joke was that people had better stock up on paper towels quickly.
5) This was a humorous skit to those who knew that this situation did not exist.
6) Within days, however, a real shortage developed which surprised everyone.
7) Those who did not realize the shortage was fake went out and bought all of the paper towels they could find.
8) This disrupted the normal paper towel distribution, which created shortages for whoever really needed paper towels.