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Sentence Analysis: "I will walk and he will ride a bike."?

Could someone please tell me if I am doing this properly? I'm not asking for answers, just to have someone who knows a bit more than me to tell me if I'm doing alright and give me advice on how to fix it if there's an issue. :) With the words, I'm just a little confused about how to explain how the auxiliary verbs are used.

"i will walk and he will ride a bike." (compound sentence)

Clauses:

I will walk (first independent clause)

he will ride a bike (2nd independent clause)

Phrases:

will walk (intransitive verb, predicate verb of 1st independent clause)

will ride (transitive verb, predicate verb of 2nd independent clause)

Words:

will (auxiliary verb; auxiliary verb of 2ns independent clause, modifies main verb "walk")

walk (intransitive verb; main verb of 1st independent clause)

will (auxiliary verb; auxiliary verb of 2nd independent clause, modifies main verb "ride")

ride (transitive verb; main verb of 2nd independent clause)

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  • Bilbo
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    You seem to have the hang of it. Like riding a bike.

    On words, the use of 'will' is a particular form of modal verb (there are nine) - a special form of auxiilliary verb which could not function on its own - so it may be worth making this distinction.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    You are doing it right!

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