Dividing Sentences Into Phrases

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For each sentence, underline the phrases and write the question the phrase answers above the phrase.

An example has been done to show you how.

There can be more than one "right" way to divide the sentence. Focus on dividing it so that the meaning is clearest to you.

Questions the phrases might answer: Who, What, Where, When, How, Why, Did What?

who	did what	what	didwhat	who	did what	where
Kim	says	the best way	tto handle	Jim and his gang	is to run away	from them.

1. My pal Pat has a wish to go on a bus trip.

2. The short boy could still see the fireworks in the sky.

3. The last spark hissed into the scummy pond.

4. Just then I heard the whoop of a siren, and like a miracle this cop car comes from out of nowhere.

5. The two boys were on a street where most of the homes had broken windows.

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