Participles
The present participle and the noun it modifies:
Increasing demand for the Model T caused a need for better production.
What are increasing and demand?
The gerund phrase and its function in the sentence:
Riding in an electric car is a unique experience.
What are "Riding in an electric car" and S?
Infinitive phrase and its function:
Esme used the binoculars to see her favorite band.
What are "to see her favorite band" and adverb?
(Tells WHY she used the binoculars.)
Verbal (NOT THE PHRASE) and which one?
Using special equipment is necessary for the military.
What are using and gerund?
Point of view of Treasure Island.
What is first person?
Present participle and the word it modifies:
Ford replaced the existing assembly line with a faster one.
What are existing and (assembly) line?
Gerund phrase and its function:
Many enjoy owning electric vehicles.
What are "owning electric vehicles" and DO?
Infinitive phrase and its function:
To err is human.
What are "To err" and noun?
The verbal and which kind:
The ability to drive in rough terrain is a necessity.
What are to drive and infinitive?
Point of view used in "Miss Hinch".
What is third person, omniscient?
Past participle and noun it identifies:
Due to increased need for security, a car owner might buy an alarm.
What are increased and need?
Gerund phrase and its function:
Many people are concerned about polluting the environment.
What are "polluting the environment" and OP?
Infinitive phrase and its function:
My brother gave me a cake to eat.
What are "to eat" and adjective?
The infinitive 'to eat' tells something more about the noun 'a cake', so it is functioning as an adjective.
What is the verbal and which kind:
Military vehicles might be used in many threatening situations.
What are threatening and participle?
The point of view used in "Through the Tunnel".
What is third person, limited?
Past participle and the noun it modifies:
Perhaps the chosen accessory would be a bug deflector.
What are chosen and accessory?
Gerund phrase and its function:
One pollution problem caused by a motor vehicle is discharging pollutants through exhaust.
What are "discharging pollutants through exhaust" and PN?
Infinitive phrase and its function:
I tried to solve the problem.
What are "to solve the problem" and noun?
(To solve is the object of the verb, and objects are nouns.)
The verbal and which kind?
Another requirement for a good military vehicle is lasting a long time.
What are lasting and gerund?
The persona the narrator takes on in Treasure Island.
Who is Jim or Jim Hawkins, son of the inn keeper?
Present participle and the word it modifies:
Ford was manufacturing the first Model T in six basic colors: red, black, green, blue, and light, and dark gray.
What is there is no participle in this sentence?
Gerund phrase and its function:
Charles gave running the marathon his best shot.
What is "running the marathon" and IO?
Infinitive and its function:
Help me open the gate.
What are "open the gate" and adverb.
(When not using "to" in front of the infinitive, it's called a bare infinitive.)
Verbal, which kind, and what it is modifying:
Resisting bullets, these vehicles are valuable assets in the military.
What are resisting, participle, and vehicles?
Define each of the following: point of view, 1st person, 2nd person,3rd person limited and omniscient, and persona.
What are POV=the perspective from which the story is told; 1st person=character in the story is telling it (I); 2nd person-story is told to someone in the story (you); 3rd person=an outsider is telling the story; limited=the outsider can see inside the mind of one character, usually the protagonist; omniscient=the outsider sees inside the minds of all characters; persona=the personality the narrator takes on?