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Mixed Bag
Appositives
Find the Infinitive
What Kind of Verbal?
Mixed Bag
100
Deserts cover nearly one third of our planet's land.
What is of our planet's land preposition
100
The oarfish, a long Australian fish, resembles the legendary sea serpent.
What is a long Australian fish
100
That game is hard to play.
What is to play
100
Diving from the boat, Melanie swam ashore.
What is participle -- diving from the boat
100
Porpoises have been trained to play basketball.
What is to play-- infinitive
200
Circling the dog, the fox maintained a safe distance.
What is circling the dog. participial phrase.
200
That is my favorite tree, a horse chestnut.
What is a horse chestnut
200
As a reporter she had to verify his story.
What is to verify -- infinitive to verify his story infinitive phrase
200
Scientists study animals to learn more about humans.
What is to learn infinitive
200
No one over six feet can qualify to become an astronaut.
What is over six feet preposition to become infinitive
300
Maria mentioned your being elected club secretary.
What is gerund being elected
300
Beth was in the Shakespearean play Romeo and Juliet.
What is Romeo and Juliet.
300
A snake is unable to close its eyes.
What is to close infinitive to close its eyes infinitive phrase
300
The cake baked by my sister won the first prize.
What is baked by my sister participial phrase
300
Being elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame establishes a player as a baseball immortal.
What is being elected gerund to the National Baseball Hall preposition of Fame preposition
400
During the first inning, the pitcher had some trouble.
What is during the first inning prepositional phrase
400
Divers have raised the sunken submarine Squahus.
What is Squahus
400
To save time, we took the subway from the station.
What is to save infinitive to save time infinitive phrase
400
Do you like cooking on a grill?
What is cooking gerund
400
Almost everyone I know likes getting out of school early.
What is of school preposition
500
A beautiful silver cup engraved with the winner's name will be the prize.
What is participial phrase -- engraved with the winner's name. prepositional with the winner's name
500
Have you met my neighbor Gretchen Mallory?
What is Gretchen Mallory
500
The lens of the eye continues to grow throughout a person's life.
What is to grow throughout a person's life infinitive phase to grow infinitive
500
Making her own wedding cake was an ambitious undertaking.
What is Making her own wedding cake gerund phrase. Making gerund
500
Moving cautiously under heavy packs, the mules slowly picked their way up the rocky mountain path.
What is participle Moving cautiously preposition under heavy packs. preposition up the rocky mountain path.