Lesson 65
"Let's meet by the fountain."
Find the prepositional phrase
What is by the fountain?
"Breathing deeply, Dhevan prepared for the date." Find the participle phrase
What is breathing deeply?
What is a misplaced modifier?
A misplaced modifier is when you put a descriptive word(s) in the wrong parts in a sentence.
True or False. A preposition phrase is a group of words that begins with a preposition.
"Fingers trembling, he climbed the mountain." Find the Present participle.
Is this correct or incorrect: The sharp woodworker's tools are stored carefully.
Incorrect. It's supposed to be: The woodworker's sharp tools are stored carefully.
True or False. The noun or pronoun in a prepositional phrase links to the adverb.
What is False?
"Shaken by the loss, Cahol went back to train her horse to come back stronger." Find the past participle and the noun or pronoun that it describes.
What is "shaken"? What is "Cahol"?
Is this correct or incorrect: He looked at the painting on the wall with a critical eye.
Incorrect; it is supposed to be: He looked at the painting with a critical eye on the wall.
"Near Bald Egg's house was a chicken by the seaside." Find the prepositional phrases.
What is Near Bald Egg's house?
What is By the seaside?
Find the Present participles and fill in the blank with the correct word.
What is "eating" and "The little boy in the blue shirt eating skittles is Dhevan."
Is this correct or incorrect: The doctor told the patient that he had to undergo surgery, a difficult decision.
Correct
How many prepositional phrases are there in these sentences. "Calvin told Jayden to get off the couch and do something outside in the nice sunshine. By sheer bad luck, Calvin's pet parrot sent dropping flying on Jayden's head."
What is 4?
"Dhevan tilted his head as he came closer." Is "tilted" a present participle or past participle?
What is a past participle?
Which part of the sentence is incorrect: I'm looking for a fuel-efficient new car.
None!