Appositive phrases
A group of words that rename a noun
What is an appositive phrase?
The two parts of a prepositional phrase
What are the preposition and the object of the preposition?
The ending that gerund phrases always end with.
What is -ing?
An infinitive phrase always starts with it.
What is to?
Part of speech a participial phrase is.
What is an adjective?
The appositive in the sentence below is modifying
My uncle John, a war veteran, guides daring young boys to join the army
What is John?
The prepositional phrase in the sentence below.
The players on the team are more experience.
What is on the team?
The part of speech a gerund is.
What is a noun?
The infinitive phrase in the sentence below.
We went to Italy to see our grandparents.
What is to see our grandparent?
The difference between gerund phrases and participial phrases that end in -ing.
What is gerund phrases modify nouns, and participial phrases modify adjectives?
Punctuation that is necessary in nonessential appositive phrases
What are Commas?
What are adverbial and adjectival phrases?
The subject in the sentence below.
Eating shellfish quickly is a bad idea.
What is eating shellfish quickly?
The part of speech the infinitive phrase in the sentence below is acting as.
She wanted to raise taxes.
What is a noun?
What the participial phrase is modifying in the sentence below.
Brimming with confidence, Jack blurted the answer.
What is Jack?
Place the comma(s) in their correct position(s) in the sentence below.
I commute to work by train my preferred mode of transportation.
train, my
The prepositional phrase(s) in the sentence below.
I wanted to walk to the beach.
What is to the beach?
The five roles of a gerund phrase.
What are the subject, the direct object, the object of the preposition, the indirect object, and the predicate nominative (subject complement)?
The part of speech the infinitive phrase in the sentence below is acting as.
Juan went to college to study veterinary medicine.
What is an adverb?
The participial phrase in the sentence below.
The student chosen to represent the school was overwhelmed by the responsibility.
What is chosen to represent the school?
The appositive phrase in the sentence below
The woman from whom I bought the car is a retired teacher.
What is from whom I bought the car?
The type of prepositional phrase in the sentence below.
The dog jumped up with excitement.
What is an adverbial phrase?
The role of the gerund phrase in the sentence below.
He can sometimes catch the ball by jumping into the air.
What is the object of the preposition?
The part of speech an infinitive never functions as.
What is a verb?
The participial phrase in the sentence below.
The clothes torn into small pieces are lying in the bed.
What is torn into small pieces?