Zhixian and Sam

[samuelheineman]

I hate reading (simple, gerund phrase). My teacher thinks I should get into a reading habit, and he wanted the "Scarlet Letter" read by Tuesday (compound, participial phrase, infinitive phrase). Although he is obnoxious sometimes, my teacher, Mr. Wells, is somewhat nice, and he is funny (complex-compound, adverbial, appositive phrase). While he's reading this right now, Mr. Wells is probably sitting on a chair that's by his computer. (complex, prepositional phrase, adjectival clause).

[Mr. Wells]

You have to identify the component parts, not just say where they are. Revise accordingly.

[zhixian]

I hate reading (gerund). (simple) My teacher thinks I should get into a reading habit (participial phrase), but the "Scarlet Letter" is boring to read (infinitive). (compound) Although he is obnoxious sometimes (adverbial), my teacher, Mr. Wells (appositive), is somewhat nice, and he is funny. (complex-compound) While he's reading this paragraph that we wrote (adjectival clause) right now, Mr. Wells is probably sitting on a chair that's by his computer (prepositional phrase). (complex)

[Mr. Wells]

A few parts misidentified (participial phrase, compound sentence is actually compound-complex); gerund is evident but it was supposed to be a gerund PHRASE; appositive PHRASE was to be evident, not just an appositive.