Appositive Phrases
The purpose of an appositive
What is 'identifies and renames a noun or pronoun'?
The function of a prepositional phrase
What are adjectives and adverbs?
The function of a gerund phrase
What are subjects, predicate nominatives, direct objects, indirect objects, and objects of the preposition?
The infinitive(s) in 'He helped to build the roof.'
What is 'to build'?
The participle in 'The running dog crashed into the wall.'
What is 'running'?
The appositive in 'Common flavors of ice cream, such as chocolate and vanilla, are her favorites.'
What is 'such as chocolate and vanilla'?
The prepositional phrase(s) in 'Harry drank his Butterbeer with fervor.'
What is 'with fervor'?
The gerund phrase(s) in 'Tim enjoys running with scissors.'
What is 'running with scissors'?
Parts of an infinitive
What are 'to' and the base form of a verb?
Function of participial phrases
What are adjectives and main verbs in verb phrases?
enclosed within two commas
What is a nonessential appositive phrase?
What are the preposition and the object of the preposition?
The gerund(s) in 'Swimming in the ocean has been Sharon's passion since she was five years old.'
What is 'swimming'?
The function of an infinitive phrase
What are subjects, predicate nominatives, direct objects, adjectives, and adverbs?
The participial phrase in 'The baby, laughing loudly and continuously, made her parents smile.'
What is 'laughing loudly and continuously'?
The appositive in 'Kurt Vonnegut’s book A Man Without a Country was a compilation of his essays.'
What is 'A Man Without a Country?'
The preposition(s) in 'She caught the bus to UCLA on time.'
What are 'on' and 'to'?
Parts of a gerund phrase
What are a verb ending in -ing and modifiers or objects?
The infinitive phrases is 'Let me show you the best way to fit a door quickly.'
What is 'to fit a door quickly'?
The participle in 'Confused by the homework assignment, I emailed my professor.'
What is 'Confused'?
The appositive in 'I have many brothers and sisters, but my sister Alex is the only one who is allergic to peanuts.'
What is 'Alex'?
The object(s) of the preposition(s) in the sentence 'After the game will be too late for us to go to dinner.'
What are 'game' and 'dinner'?
The gerund phrase(s) in 'Looking after many children keeps Susan busy while Mary finishes modifying her car.'
What are 'Looking after many children' and 'modifying her car'?
True or False: The phrase 'to the park' is an infinitive phrase.
What is 'false'?
True or False: The phrase 'Playing with her jump rope' in the sentence 'Playing with her jump rope was the little girl's favorite thing to do.' was the little girl's favorite thing to do.' is a participial phrase.
What is 'false'?