What part of speech does a participle phrase act as?
Answer: an adjective
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Revise this sentence to get rid of the split infinitive. “It’s an intelligent to frequently change your tires.”
Answer: It is intelligent to change your tires.
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What is a participle?
Answer: a verb from that is used as an adjective
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What parts of speech can an infinitive be used as?
Answer: noun, adjective, adverb
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The entire gerund phrase acts as what part of speech?
Answer: a noun
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Living within his budget, he never needs to borrow money. “Living within his budget” is the participle phrase. What pronoun does it modify?
Answer: he
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What is the function of the infinitive in this sentence? “I wanted to leave later.”
Answer: it is a direct object
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What kind of participles end in -ing?
Answer: present participles
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In what type of writing is a split infinitive acceptable?
Answer: informal writing
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A noun or pronoun that comes before a gerund should be in what form?
Answer: possessive form
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Quickly grabbing the keys, I dashed for the door. “I” is the pronoun modified by the participle phrase. What is the participle phrase?
Answer: Quickly grabbing the keys
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“At ten o’clock, I went downstairs to make my sandwich.” The infinitive phrase is “to make myself a sandwich.” It is used as an adverb to modify which verb?
Answer: went
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Identify the participle(s): “We ran inside to get out of the pouring rain.”
Answer: pouring
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Where is the infinitive? “She tried to help me with the lawn mower.”
Answer: to help
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What is the gerund in this sentence? “The loud ringing of my alarm wakes me every morning.”
Answer: ringing
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Identify the participle phrase. “the eye doctor noticed me squinting at the writing.”
Answer: squinting at the writing
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“We are eager to finish this project.” The infinitive phrase is used as an adverb to modify the predicate adjective “eager.” What is the infinitive phrase?
Answer: to finish this project
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Identify the participle(s): “A peeled and sliced cucumber can be added to a garden salad.”
Answer: peeled, sliced
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What is the infinitive in this sentence? “The dog dried to run quickly.”
Answer: to run
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What is the gerund phrase of this sentence? “I feared skiing down the mountain alone.”
Answer: skiing down the mountain alone
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Identify the participle phrase. “Trying to pay attention, he looked up at the chalkboard.”
Answer: trying to pay attention
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What is the entire infinitive clause in this sentence? “I wanted to him to help me with my geometry.”