Prepositional
Phrases
Phrases
Many soldiers fought bravely during the Vietnam War.
(during the Vietnam War)
What is the present participle in this sentence? Stretching slowly, the cat jumped down from the windowsill.
stretching
What is the past participle in this sentence?
The tornado predicted by the meteorologist did not hit our area.
predicted
What is the infinitive phrase in this sentence? To be a gymnast takes hard work.
to be a gymnast.
One of these soldiers was Jan C. Scruggs.
(of these soldiers)
What is the present participle in this sentence? Reading the assignment, she took notes carefully.
reading
What is the past participle in this sentence? The solution reached in his journal often helped Leonardo when he created his artwork.
reached
What is the infinitive phrase in this sentence? The first person to fly over both the North Pole and South Pole was Richard Byrd.
to fly over both the North Pole and South Pole.
He wondered why there was no memorial honoring those who fought in Vietnam.
(in Vietnam)
What is the present participle in this sentence? Leonardo da Vinci drew many pictures showing birds in flight.
showing
What is the past participle in this sentence? Confused by the directions, John looked at the map to verify the location.
confused
What is the infinitive phrase in this sentence? Are you ready to go to the gym now?
to go to the gym now.
Scruggs decided he would raise funds for a Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
(for a Vietnam Veterans Memorial)
What is the present participle phrase in this sentence? Leonardo, experimenting continually, had little time to paint in his later years.
experimenting continually.
What is the past participle phrase in this sentence? One afternoon, prevented from skating by the rain, Lee wondered about the history of skates.
prevented from skating by the rain.
What is the infinitive phrase in this sentence? We went to the park to watch birds.
to watch birds.
Now the names of those soldiers will never be forgotten by the American people.
(of those soldiers and by the American people)
What is the present participle phrase in this sentence? Painting on a large wall, Leonardo created "The Last Supper".
painting on a large wall.
What is the past participle phrase in this sentence? Organized in 1884, the first African American professional baseball team was the Cuban Giants.
organized in 1884.
What is the infinitive phrase in this sentence? Merlin's idea was to attach wooden spools to a plate that supported them.
to a plate that supported them.