Gerunds & Participles
A verb form that ends in -ing and functions as a noun
What is a gerund?
A group of words with a subject and verb
What is a clause?
the basic form of a verb preceded by "to"
What is an infinitive?
An appositive is a noun or noun phrase that renames _________?
What is another noun?
ID the preposition: Now that it's spring, we often see rabbits hopping around the garden.
What is around?
A verb form that functions as an adjective
What is a participle?
A clause that cannot stand alone
What is a dependent clause?
Identify the infinitive: Jae Jae wants to dance.
What is to dance?
Identify the appositive: Tom Robinson, an innocent man, is wrongly accused.
What is an innocent man?
Object of the preposition: VV's book bag is under the desk.
What is desk?
Identify the participial phrase: Exhausted from tryouts, Grayson fell asleep.
What is Exhausted from tryouts?
In order to function grammatically, a dependent clause must be connected to ____________.
What is an independent clause?
Identify the infinitive phrase: Luc went to the bookstore during break to buy snacks.
What is to buy snacks?
Do essential appositives need commas?
What is No?
Identify the entire prepositional phrase: Juliet got an A on the quiz.
What is on the quiz?
A tense of participle: Campus will be closed in June.
What is a past participle?
Clauses can be joined with commas + this part of speech (FANBOYS)
What is a (coordinating) conjunction?
Does an infinitive act as a noun, adjective, or adverb?
What is ALL OF THE ABOVE?
Does this need commas?: Harry Styles a former member of One Direction is known for his fashion.
What is Yes?
True or False: A sentence can end with a preposition.
What is True?
A modifier that doesn’t clearly relate to the phrase it describes
What is a dangling participle?
This type of conjunction turns one clause into a dependent clause
What is a subordinate conjunction? (ex. because, although, since, when, while, if)
Identify the infinitive phrase's function in the sentence:
Sophia studied hard to pass her World Cultures test.
What is as an adverb? (explains why she studied)
Type of appositive phrase: British singer Harry Styles released his latest studio album.
What is essential? OR What is restrictive?
How many prepositional phrases are in this sentence: Chloe ran across the field with her friends after school.
What is three (across the field, with her friends, after school)?