Prepositional & Infinitive Phrases
Sentence structure
Gerund Phrases
Appositive Phrases
simple & complete subjects & predicates
100
Identify the adjective phrase in the sentence - The strait between the Pacific Ocean and the San Francisco Bay is called the Golden Gate.
What is between the Pacific Ocean and the San Francisco Bay
100

Identify the type of sentence

 The shark chasing the school of fish looked like a hammer-head.

simple

100

Identify the gerund phrase in the sentence - Fishing for bass is my father's favorite pastime.

Fishing for bass

100

Identify the appositive phrase - Ollie has the same class, American history, this afternoon.

What is American History

100

Identify the simple subject - 

 Jill and I looked around.

Jill and I

200
Identify the adverb phrase in the sentence - The Cheery Oh Restaurant has opened across the road.
What is across the road
200

Identify the type of sentence - 

Since the invitations had the wrong date on them, no one received their invite. 

complex

200

Identify the gerund phrase and its function - Nobody seems to be interested in going to the fireworks display.

 going to the fireworks display - object of the preposition

200
Identify the appositive phrase and what it modifies - Two men, a truck driver and a fisherman, helped my father push the car off the road.
What is a truck driver and a fisherman modifying men
200

Identify the simple predicate - 

We stopped to get a glass of orange juice

stopped

300
Identify the type of phrase the teacher identifies - Taking care of your bicycle will help to make it last longer
What is an infinitive phrase
300

Identify the type of sentence - 

 My brother couldn't sleep, and he was tired the next day. 

compound

300

Identify the gerund phrase and its function - Debbie's sister denied taking the cookies

 taking the cookies /  direct object or object of the verb

300
Identify the appositive phrase and what it modifies - My sister's friend forgot her sweater and her books.
What is None
300

Identify the complete subject - 

The noisy teenagers looked through the everyone's backpacks

The noisy teenagers

400
Identify the type of phrase and what it modifies (teacher identifies) - I am going to camp during vacation.
What is adverb phrase modifying am going
400

Identify the type of sentence - 

The seagulls gliding through the air looked like pieces of paper caught in the wind.

simple

400

Identify the gerund phrase and its function - My favorite hobby is reading romance novels

 reading romance novels - predicate noun

400
Identify the appositive phrase and what it modifies - Nobody wanted to read the book, a thick hardback with a faded cover.
What is a thick hardback with a faded cover modifying book
400

Identify the complete predicate - 

None of the dresses, all of them formal or evening gowns, appealed to us.

appealed to us

500
Identify the type of phrase and what it modifies - Activity period included classes in painting, crafts, music, drama, and folklore.
What is in painting, crafts, music, drama and folklore and adjective phrase
500

Identify the type of sentence - 

Fishing for Trout is my father's favorite pastime because he did it as a kid, so he passed that tradition to his kids. 

compound complex

500

Identify the gerund phrase and its function -  Practicing the piano everyday will make you a better musician. 

practicing the piano everyday / subject

500
Identify the appositive phrase and what it modifies - Have you seen my cat, a striped Persian with yellow eyes?
What is a striped Persian with yellow eyes modifying cat
500

Identify the simple subject and predicate - 

The responsible girl earned a little spending money by baby-sitting her neighbor's children.

girl / earned

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