1) Owl decides to leave his usual spot at the tavern and goes to Woodgreen Forest to think and write in peace and quiet while drinking tea. 2) In the forest, Owl analyzes the different parts of speech and sentence structures that were discussed with him previously. He works on constructing simple, complex, and compound sentences. 3) Owl breaks down sentences into subjects, predicates, phrases and clauses. He defines and provides examples of different types of phrases like adjectival and adverbial phrases. 4) Reflecting on his work, Owl makes more tea and admires the beauty and peace of Woodgreen Forest before going to sleep, satisfied with his progress

1. (or) the further adventures of owl in the world of
words.
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2. So Owl sat down at his favourite table, in his usual corner, and ordered his favourite beverage, tea! (
what Else?)
After sipping contentedly for some time, he smacked his lips (actually beak) so loudly that
the barkeep dropped the glass he was wiping (making him rather mad!)
. But, back to the story. Owl closed his eyes, not to sleep, but….to think.
His thoughts were full of the words he had heard the Parts of Speech speak the other day.
His thoughts were haphazard at first, as he set out to use the veritable treasure trove he
had found.
But first he had,….. To have some more tea, what an excellent beverage, thought Owl. The
beverage of kings, queens, empires and owls.
Owl looked around and decided that if he was going to get some work, any work done he
needed a change of scenery.
He had the perfect place in mind, his tree bough in the Woodgreen forest. Peace, quiet and
of course tea were to be found in that idyllic place, so without much
fuss Owl left for Woodgreen forest.
The barkeep was surprised, for, Owl
never gave up his favourite corner
unless something was afoot. And
something was!
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3. Let me tell you something about
Woodgreen. It is a magical forest where
creatures of all sizes live together in
harmony. A place where flowers sing, and
waterfalls hum, all day and all night.
So our intrepid hero of
Magical creatures of all ungainly gait stepped up
shape and size flit in to his favourite place in all
and out of trees and the world, and, made some
magical flowers which tea.(well what did you
sing and dance to their expect?) owl opened his
own tune, and notes and started reading
sometimes, sometimes what he had written, what
move around. the Parts of Speech had
told him.
No wonder Owl felt at home, here he could
think, drink tea in all the peace of mind one So he set about the monumental task he had
could ever want. Everyone was welcome, set for himself! That was Owl, the bigger and
big or small, for Woodgreen was more difficult the task the better he felt and
enchanted. of course the more tea he drank.
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4. The first thing he thought about was I am an owl called Owl.(statement.)
what use would a sentence Where shall I write my notes?(question.)
have………Hmmmm……….A very This is going to be difficult!(exclamation.)
interesting thought, on thinking I won’t give up.(negative statement.)
back, back when he and the Parts of Be quiet, I’m thinking.(command.)
Speech had met, he remembered
their ‘sentences.’
So Owl decided to start of with……….’With what
shall I start?’ mused Owl,’Hmmm,it must be
Simple at first, I don’t want those…….. To get
Some had given ‘information.’ confused, I know a Simple Sentence!’
Some had given ‘negative answers.’
Some had required’ information.’
Some had given ‘commands.’
And some had given ‘expressions of
emotions(exclamations.)’
‘So, a simple sentence should …….’,mused Owl
between sips of tea…..’’It should…..have one finite
verb and deal with one idea only!’
This is a beautiful forest, or, The sky is blue., or
Those are majestic waterfalls.
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5. ‘And now for some ‘and if we find a discerning writer who, knows
serious writing.’, thought how to write(very clever!‘’He might make use of
Owl.’ a complex sentence.’
How about a sentence A complex sentence can have one main clause
with two or more finite or thought and one or more subordinate
verbs?’’ It may be made clauses which provide additional information!
up of two or more simple These are joined by subordinating
sentences joined by a co- conjunctions.
ordinating conjunction.’
‘let’s see……’ said Owl as
he looked around for
inspiration. Owl thinks
about sentences in the
forest and drinks tea in
his bough.
‘Owl had listened to the parts speaking while he was
sitting at his table, after he had finished his tea.’
Owl mused for some time, he looked at the clouds as
they floated by lazily. As only clouds do! He watched
the birds fly and compete with each other as they
dived, rolled and climbed on the wind’s gentle wings,
probably just showing off ,it was mating season, after
all !!!
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6. He looked at the threes and the beautiful The subject reflects who or what we are
flowers, all subject to……..subject, subject, talking about.
sub…..ject!! It is the person or thing who/that/which is
Owl stood up, quite suddenly, an idea had performing the action.
just hit him.(later he realised it was the low The word that follows the linking verb (to
ceiling, when he stood up without paying be)is not the object: it is known as the
attention!) complement.(the complement enlarges on
A sentence can be divided into two parts-a the subject.)
subject and a predicate! e.g. The race was exciting.
The author became famous.
The predicate is the rest of the sentence.
It expands on the subject and always begins
with the verb.
SUBJECT
Anne
The boys in grade 7 PREDICATE
built the sandcastle.
were happy to go to high school.
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7. ‘Analysing the predicate’, ‘this was going to be difficult,’ thought owl between sips of tea.
‘Let’s see!!!!’ ‘The verb can be divided into: verb, direct object and indirect object.
Direct Object-answers who or what after the verb.
Indirect Object- always indicates to whom/what or for whom/what after the direct
object.
Owl stopped for a while, something was bothering him, he couldn’t quite understand what. So like any
normal, scholarly and wise owl he made a pot of tea and stopped to think
predicate
subject verb Direct object(what) Indirect object
the winged horse brought the ball to owl’s bough.
Education opens doors for the future.
Owl was rather happy with the progress he had
made.
It had been a long day, but, a worthwhile and fruitful
one.
So he walked out on his porch to observe the sunset
and all the magical creatures romping around, the
fairies, the winged horses, an alien or two –(this is an
enchanted forest, after all!)
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8. Now Owl sat down, a huge frown on his
brow as something at the back of his mind
was nagging him! What was it? He got up
Now owl needed to separate the sentence into and paced around his bough, nothing, he
sensible parts, since a sentence was made from went up to the tree top, still nothing, so, he
words- he needed names for these parts, decided to go for a walk! (actually a short
so…………… flight, most likely!)
He called them, aptly so, Phrases and Clauses.
‘So, let’s start with… the Phrase.’
‘a phrase should be a group of words without a
finite verb.’ ‘ya di da and all that jazz!’
‡A phrase is sensibly arranged within the
sentence and conveys a single idea.
‡A phrase can never stand alone, but is always
part of a sentence. As he was silently flying above the tree
A phrase is also referred to as a ‘fragment’ of a tops, he noticed that the trees were
sentence. bunched separately, each group
The shop around the corner is open twenty-four according to its type, as if they had been
hours a day. classified! Suddenly it hit him, he braked
The company specialising in travel, received four in mid air, that was it, he needed to
new winged horses. classify the phrases. With that thought
he did a 360 degree turn in mid-air, (an
F-14A Tomcat would have been put to
shame!) and returned, double time, to his
bough.
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9. •Phrases may be classified as follows:
•Adjectival phrases: these qualify (tell us more about) the noun.
the winged horse with the dazzling feathers came from New Zealand.
Noun Phrases: These answer questions who or what in connection with the noun.
Everyone in the forest nodded when Owl flew by.(who?) (Who nodded when Owl flew by?)
Adverbial Phrases: these modify the verb and answer the question as indicated.
Adverbial Phrase of manner (How?)-Owl flew hastily and speedily to his bough.
Adverbial Phrase of Time (When?)-Owl arrived at his bough in Woodgreen at nine
o’clock..
Adverbial Phrase of place(Where)-Owl sat in his bough reading his notes.
Adverbial Phrase of reason(why)-Owl, needing to think, left for Woodgreen..
Adverbial Phrase of concession(Although, even though…. )-Owl, although tired, wanted
to start immediately.
The adverb and the adverbial phrase are related.
Adverb: Adverbial Phrase:
Angrily In an angry manner
Tomorrow The following day
here In this place
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10. Having finished the work, Owl decided that he deserved some tea, to be followed by a
good night’s sleep. So in his Owlish fashion he put the kettle on and prepared the tea-
pot so he could brew some of his favourite tea. Owl walked out onto his bough and as
he sipped his tea he looked around Greenwood forest and marvelled at the beauty of
the place. The lush trees, the colourful flowers, the magical animals and the beautiful
birds. But what struck him most was the peace and quiet and the purity of the air, the
crispy clean air, something which was not in evidence in cities today. With that thought
Owl went in and went to bed.
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