Winners of the state contest goes to the national finals.
No
Winners - go
of the state contest = prepositional phrase
from the stands
prepositional phrase
Physicians are attracted by the monetary awards of high-tech research.
The monetary awards of high-tech research attract physicians.
"Now he was on the bridge, hunched over on the bicycle, pedaling steadily."
-- Lois Lowry
Participial phrases
I started to exercise, my health began to improve.
No
Comma Splice
The patient is fully aware of the decisions that they are making.
No
The patients are fully aware of the decisions that they are making.
Listening to my favorite album, I drove with my window down on my road trip home to Connecticut.
Listening to my favorite album
participial phrase
Love and being married go together.
No
Love and marriage
-- J.K. Rowling
Absolute Phrase
Children are brought up in different ways. Some around violence.
No
Fragment - Some grow up around violence.
The Gettysburg School District has a serious problem on their agenda.
No
Collective noun - its agenda
Mrs. Rehm, the Gifted teacher before me, left a doll baby head in the filing cabinet.
,the Gifted teacher before me,
appositive phrase
Give me liberty or kill me.
No
liberty or death
"Only Gatsby, the man who gives his names to this book, was exempt from my reaction."
-- F. Scott Fitzgerald
Appositive Phrase
I know that to do, I just don't know how to do it.
No
Comma Splice
Whether student, teacher, faculty member, graduate, or parent, each wants their school to be the one that remains open.
No
Use a singular pronoun to refer to a singular indefinite pronoun, or reword the sentence.
each want his or her school
Its popularity waning, the Model T was retired from production in 1927.
Its popularity waning
Absolute phrase
The production manager was asked to write his report quickly, accurately, and in a detailed manner.
precisely
When a noun and a participle are put together, with the noun coming first.
Absolute
He has the ability to attract guests who people want to hear.
No
whom - People want to hear him (whom)
The shelter gets most of its cats and dogs from owners who cannot keep their pets.
Yes
My goal is to fully understand the chapter.
to fully understand
infinitive phrase
Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.
Yes
An -ed or -ing verb that’s used as an adjective to describe a noun.
participle
Dust and dirt accumulates, bathrooms get mildewy, and kitchens get greasy.
No
Dust and dirt accumulate - plural verb with compound subject