Types of Phrases
Identify the type of phrase in italic:
She sat on the chair.
Prepositional phrase
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Although she was tired, she finished her homework.
“Although she was tired” = Adverb clause
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The students studied quietly.
Simple sentence
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Because she was late.
Fragment
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I enjoy reading, I don't enjoy writing.
I enjoy reading, but I don't enjoy writing.
I enjoy reading. I don't enjoy writing.
I enjoy reading; I don't enjoy writing.
Even though I enjoy reading, I don't enjoy writing.
Identify the type of phrase in italic and its function:
Reading books in the library helps me relax.
Gerund phrase (acts as subject)
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I know why he lied.
"why he lied" = Noun clause
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The students studied quietly, and they finished early.
Compound sentence
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I studied hard I still failed.
Run-on
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Running through the park, the keys fell from my pocket.
Dangling Modifier
= Running through the park, I dropped my keys.
Identify the type of phrase in italic:
She wants to improve her writing skills.
Infinitive phrase
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The student who sits next to me is very quiet.
“who sits next to me” = Adjective clause
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Although the test was difficult, the students passed.
Complex sentence
She likes swimming, to dance, and reading.
Parallelism
He almost drove his friends to school every day.
(almost) = Misplaced modifier
= He drove his friends to school almost every day.
Identify ALL phrase types in this sentence:
The tall student in the back row answered the question.
→ Noun phrase (“The tall student”)
→ Prepositional phrase (“in the back row”)
→ Verb phrase ("Answered the question")
→ Noun phrase ("the question")
Identify the THREE clause types:
When the lecture ended, the students left because they were hungry.
→ “When the lecture ended” = Adverb clause
→ "the students left" = Independent clause
→ “because they were hungry” = Adverb clause
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The students studied hard, and they passed the test because they were prepared.
Compound-Complex sentence
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Walking to school, the rain started.
Dangling modifier
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Because he was tired he went home, he slept immediately.
(Run-on) = Because he was tired he went home
(Comma splice) = he went home, he slept immediately
= Because he was tired, he went home and he slept immediately.
Identify the phrase type in italic AND its function:
Walking through the campus, Maria saw her professor.
→ Participial phrase
→ Functions as adjective modifying “Maria”
Identify ALL clauses:
I believe that the students who studied hard will pass because they prepared carefully.
Identify the sentence type AND explain why:
When the professor arrived, the students stopped talking, and they opened their books.
→ Compound-complex
(One dependent clause + two independent clauses)
Identify this type of sentence error.
He was tired, he continued to study.
Comma splice
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After studying all night for the exam, the lights were turned off because felt extremely tired.
(Dangling Modifier) = (the computer was turned off)
(Fragment) = (felt extremely tired)
= After studying all night for the exam, the students turned off the light because they felt extremely tired.