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Prepositional & Infinitive Phrases
Participial Phrases
Gerund Phrases
Appositive Phrases
Hodge Podge
100
Identify the adjective phrase in the sentence - The strait between the Pacific Ocean and the San Francisco Bay is called the Golden Gate.
What is between the Pacific Ocean and the San Francisco Bay
100
Identify the participial phrase and what it modifies - The shark chasing the school of fish looked like a hammer-head.
What is chasing the school of fish modifying shark
100
Identify the gerund phrase in the sentence - Fishing for bass is my father's favorite pastime.
What is Fishing for bass
100
Identify the appositive phrase - Ollie has the same class, American history, this afternoon.
What is American History
100
Identify the phrase and type - Walking up to the wide glass doors at the mall, Jill and I looked around.
What is walking up to the wide glass doors at the mall - participial phrase
200
Identify the adverb phrase in the sentence - The Cheery Oh Restaurant has opened across the road.
What is across the road
200
Identify the participial phrase and what it modifies - All of the invitations sent to the club members had the wrong date on them.
What is sent to the club members modifying invitations.
200
Identify the gerund phrase and its function - Nobody seems to be interested in going to the fireworks display.
What is going to the fireworks display - object of the preposition
200
Identify the appositive phrase and what it modifies - Two men, a truck driver and a fisherman, helped my father push the car off the road.
What is a truck driver and a fisherman modifying men
200
Identify the phrase and type - We stopped to get a glass of orange juice
What is to get a glass of orange juice - infinitive phrase
300
Identify the type of phrase the teacher identifies - Taking care of your bicycle will help to make it last longer
What is an infinitive phrase
300
Identify the participial phrase and what it modifies - Hoping for a new bicycle and a toy robot, my brother couldn't sleep at all on Christmas Eve.
What is Hoping for a new bicycle and a toy robot modifying brother
300
Identify the gerund phrase and its function - Debbie's sister denied taking the cookies
What is taking the cookies direct object
300
Identify the appositive phrase and what it modifies - My sister's friend forgot her sweater and her books.
What is None
300
Identify the phrase and type - We looked through the sale racks.
What is through the sale racks - prepositional phrase (adverb)
400
Identify the type of phrase and what it modifies (teacher identifies) - I am going to camp during vacation.
What is adverb phrase modifying am going
400
Identify the participial phrase and what it modifies - The seagulls gliding through the air looked like pieces of paper caught in the wind.
What is gliding through the air modifying seagulls
400
Identify the gerund phrase and its function - My favorite hobby is reading romance novels
What is reading romance novels - predicate nominative
400
Identify the appositive phrase and what it modifies - Nobody wanted to read the book, a thick hardback with a faded cover.
What is a thick hardback with a faded cover modifying book
400
Identify the phrase and type - None of the dresses, all of them formal or evening gowns, appealed to us.
What is all of them formal or evening gowns - appositive phrase
500
Identify the type of phrase and what it modifies - Activity period included classes in painting, crafts, music, drama, and folklore.
What is in painting, crafts, music, drama and folklore and adjective phrase
500
Identify the participial phrase and the word modified - Fishing for bass is my father's favorite pastime
What is None
500
Identify the gerund phrase and its function - Give practicing the piano a chance.
What is practicing the piano indirect object
500
Identify the appositive phrase and what it modifies - Have you seen my cat, a striped Persian with yellow eyes?
What is a striped Persian with yellow eyes modifying cat
500
Identify the phrase and type - She was earning a little spending money by baby-sitting her neighbor's children.
What is baby-sitting her neighbor's children - gerund phrase (object of preposition)