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Prepositional Phrases
Appositive Phrases
Participial Phrases
Which Phrase?
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 prepositional phrase: Mason drove his uncle to the grocery store.
to the grocery store
100
What is an infinitive phrase?
"To" + a verb
200
Name the prepositional phrase: Shakespeare's play about star crossed lovers is his most famous.
about star crossed lovers
200
Identify the appositive and what it renames: The singer Taylor Swift has won many awards for her music.
Taylor Swift - singer
200
Identify the participial phrase: The bread baking in the oven smelled delicious.
baking in the oven
200
Identify the infinitive phrase and the prepositional phrase: The firefighter was courageous to have rescued the cat from the burning building.
to have rescued the cat from the burning building
200
Identify the infinitive phrase: The student left the book to read in her locker at school.
to read
300
Name the prepositional phrase: The dress was laid across the bed.
across the bed
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
Identify the participial phrase and the prepositional phrase: The awards dinner planned for this evening has been canceled because of a snowstorm.
planned for this evening - participial of a snowstorm - prepositional
300
Identify the appositive phrase: Both Tony and Patrick thought that the dog, a Labrador Retriever, was very handsome.
a Labrador Retriever
300
Identify the infinitive phrase: My mother's marketing company is searching for someone to write their advertisements for them.
to write their advertisements for them
400
Name the prepositional phrases: The coffee shop down the street sells coffee made in Columbia.
down the street in Columbia
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
Identify the participial phrase and prepositional phrase: Running from her brother, the little girl slipped on the mopped floor.
participial phrase: running from her brother prepositional phrase: on the mopped floor
400
Identify the appositive phrase and the word it replaces, the infinitive phrase, and the prepositional phrase: Lee learned that Joseph Merlin, an 18th century Dutchman, was the first person to adapt ice skates for use on dry land.
Appositive: an 18th century Dutchman - Joseph Merlin Infinitive: to adapt ice skates for use Prepositional: on dry land
400
Identify the infinitive phrase and the participial phrase in the following sentence: Organized in 1884, the first African American professional team was the Cuban Giants to win a championship.
participial - organized in 1884 infinitive - to win a championship
500
Name the prepositional phrases: My brother lives with our parents and helps them around the house.
with our parents around the house
500
Name two appositive phrases in the following sentence and identify what they rename: Groucho Marx, the star of many film comedies, also had his own television show, You Bet Your Life.
the star of many film comedies - Grouch Marx You Bet Your Life - television show
500
Identify the participial phrase found in this sentence: Commander Scott, chilled by the brisk wind, pulled on her gloves.
Chilled by the brisk wind
500
Identify the appositive phrase and the word it replaces , the prepositional phrase, and the infinitive phrase: The running back, Albert Smith, surged ahead of the other team to score a touchdown.
Appositive - Albert Smith, the running back Prepositional phrase - of the other team Infinitive - to score a touchdown
500
What three parts of speech do infinitive phrases function as?
adjective, adverb, and noun