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Prepositional Phrases
Appositive Phrases
Participial Phrases
Gerund Phrases
Infinitive Phrases
100
What two parts of speech do prepositional phrases function as?
adjective and adverb
100
What part of speech does an appositive rename?
noun or pronoun
100
What does a present participle and past participle end in?
ing and usually ed or an irregular form
100
Identify the gerund and its function in the sentence: Seeing my best friend made the two hour trip to her college worthwhile.
Seeing my best friend - subject
100
What three parts of speech do infinitive phrases function as?
adjective, adverb, and noun
200
Name the prepositional phrase, identify its function and what it modifies: Shakespeare's play about star crossed lovers is his most famous.
about star crossed love - adjective, play
200
Identify the appositive and what it renames: The singer Taylor Swift has won many awards for her music.
Taylor Swift - singer
200
Idenitfy the participial phrase and what it modifies: The bread baking in the oven smelled delicious.
baking in the oven - bread
200
Identify the gerund and its function in the sentence: Ryan gave studying for the phrases test most of his time.
studying for the phrases test - indirect object
200
Idenitfy the infinitive phrase and its function in the sentence: The student left the book to read in her locker at school.
to be read - adjective
300
Name the prepositional phrase, identify its function and what it modifies: The dress was laid across the bed.
across the bed - adverb, laid
300
Identify the appositive and what it renames:Rosa Parks, a participant in the Montgomery bus boycott, was a hero.
a participant in the Montgomery bus boycott - Rosa Parks
300
Idenitfy the participial phrase and what it modifies: The bird's broken wing kept it from flying.
broken - wing
300
Name the six functions of a gerund.
subject, direct object, indirect object, subject complement, appositive, object of the preposition
300
Use run as an infinitive/noun.
400
Name the prepositional phrases, identify their function and what they modifiy: The coffee shop down the street sells coffee made in Columbia.
down the street - adjective, shop in Columbia - adverb, made
400
Identify the appositives and what they rename:After washing his car, a red corvette, Carl drove to his friend's place, his second home.
a red corvette - car his second home - his friend's place
400
Idenitfy the participial phrases and what they modify: Running from her brother, the little girl slipped on the mopped floor.
running from her brother - little girl mopped - floor
400
Identify the gerund and its function in the sentence: My favorite pastime is spending time with my family.
spending time with my family - subject complement
400
Idenitfy the infinitive phrase and its function in the sentence:The door to be painted is outside our classroom.
to be painted - adjective
500
Name the prepositional phrases, identify their function and what they modifiy: My brother lives with our parents and helps them around the house.
with our parents - adverb, lives around the house - adverb, helps
500
Add two appositive phrases to the following sentence and identify what they rename: The bird was singing in the tree outside my window.
The bird, a blue jay, was singing in the tree, the big maple, outside my window.
500
Add two participial phrases to the following sentence and identify what they modify: The girl baked the pizza for twenty minutes.
500
Use learn as a gerund/object of the preposition in a sentence.
500
Idenitfy the infinitive phrase and its function in the sentence: Kate learned to read at a young age.
to read - noun