John Coltrane approached Paradise and saw Billie Holliday ...

[altibaby]

John Coltrane approached Paradise and saw Billie Holliday standing by the
  gates.
 
  In the following sentences, underline the subjects once and the complete verbs twice.
  Put all prepositional phrases in parentheses.

Question 2

When he opened the Sunday paper, Elvis read about the death of Michael
  Jackson.
 
  In the following sentences, underline the subjects once and the complete verbs twice.
  Put all prepositional phrases in parentheses.

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Answer to Question 1

S: John Coltrane
V: approached, saw
PP: by the gates

Answer to Question 2

S: he
V: opened
S: Elvis
V: read
PP: about the death, of Michael Jackson

[altibaby]

Excellent

[FergA]

YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review