Infinitives
Identify the infinitive: "Maya hopes to win."
What is "to win"? An infinitive usually uses to + a base verb.
Identify the participle and the noun it describes: "The barking dog woke us."
What are "barking" and "dog"? The participle acts as an adjective.
Find the direct object: "Jordan kicked the ball."
What is "ball"? Jordan kicked what? The ball.
Identify the pronoun: "They finished the project."
What is "They"? It takes the place of a noun or noun phrase.
Identify the action verb: "The athlete sprinted down the track."
What is "sprinted"?
Identify the complete infinitive phrase: "We plan to visit the history museum."
What is "to visit the history museum"?
Identify the past participle used as an adjective: "The broken vase lay on the floor."
What is "broken"? It describes "vase."
Find the complete direct object: "The class read a fascinating mystery novel."
What is "a fascinating mystery novel"? The head noun is "novel."
Identify the antecedent of "she": "Nia smiled because she won."
Who is Nia? An antecedent is the noun a pronoun refers to.
Identify the complete verb phrase: "The students have been studying quietly."
What is "have been studying"? "Have" and "been" are helping verbs.
In "To practice daily takes discipline," the infinitive phrase has this sentence role.
What is the subject? "To practice daily" names what takes discipline and acts as a noun.
Identify the full participial phrase and the noun it modifies: "Carrying a heavy backpack, Lena hurried home."
What are "Carrying a heavy backpack" and "Lena"?
Identify both direct objects: "We packed sandwiches and apples."
What are "sandwiches" and "apples"? They form a compound direct object.
Choose the correct pronoun: "The coach thanked Malik and (I / me)."
What is "me"? It is an object pronoun: "The coach thanked me."
Classify "feels" as action or linking: "The blanket feels soft."
What is linking? It connects "blanket" with the adjective "soft."
In "We need a book to read," the infinitive "to read" modifies this noun and functions as this part of speech.
What are "book" and an adjective? It tells which kind of book is needed.
Which sentence uses "running" as a participle: A. "The running water felt cold." B. "The water is running." Explain.
What is A? "Running" describes the noun "water." In B, "is running" is the verb phrase.
In "Mia gave her brother a map," identify the direct object and the indirect object.
What are "map" (direct object) and "brother" (indirect object)? Mia gave what? A map. To whom? Her brother.
Correct the agreement error: "The students brought his notebooks."
What is "The students brought their notebooks"? "Their" agrees with the plural antecedent "students."
Change this sentence to past perfect: "I finish my homework before practice begins."
What is "I had finished my homework before practice began"? Past perfect uses had + past participle.
In "Ava stayed after school to finish her essay," the infinitive phrase performs this function.
What is an adverb? "To finish her essay" explains why Ava stayed.
Correct the dangling modifier: "Walking into class, the bell rang."
What is "Walking into class, I heard the bell ring"? Accept another logical revision in which the person walking is the subject.
Does "The soup smells delicious" contain a direct object? Explain.
What is no? "Smells" is a linking verb here, and "delicious" is a predicate adjective describing "soup."
Revise to remove the unclear pronoun: "When Ava met Sofia, she was nervous."
What is "Ava was nervous when she met Sofia" OR "Sofia was nervous when Ava met her"? Accept either clear meaning.
Identify the main verb phrase, infinitive, and participle: "The excited students decided to celebrate."
What are "decided" (main verb), "to celebrate" (infinitive), and "excited" (participle modifying students)?