Prepositional
Verbals
Appositives
Two Phrase or Not Two Phrase
Miscellaneous
100
Is the following prepositional phrase being used as an adjective phrase or an adverb phrase? Yellowstone National Park is one OF THE LARGEST NATIONAL PARKS in the United States.
What is an ADJECTIVE PHRASE?
100
State the infinitive in the following sentence: Old Faithful is one of the most interesting things to see.
What is TO SEE?
100
State the appositive in the following sentence: Another geyser near Old Faithful, the Giantess, erupts every six to eight weeks.
What is THE GIANTESS?
100
How many phrases are in the following sentence? Fumaroles, those vapor-emitting holes, can be seen in Yellowstone.
What is TWO? (those vapor-emitting holes/appositive; in Yellowstone/adverb prepositional)
100
State the appositive phrase: The insect, a large, hairy-legged cockroach that has spied my bowl of oatmeal, is crawling across the kitchen table.
What is hairy-legged cockroach that has spied my bowl of oatmeal?
200
Is the following prepositional phrase being used as an adjective phrase or an adverb phrase? The park sits IN NORTHWESTERN WYOMING, SOUTHERN MONTANA, AND EASTERN IDAHO.
What is an ADVERB PHRASE?
200
State the participle in the following sentence: This erupting geyser spouts off every 33 to 120 minutes.
What is ERUPTING?
200
State the appositive phrase in the following sentence: Yellowstone, the oldest national park in the United States, is quite beautiful.
What is THE OLDEST NATIONAL PARK IN THE UNITED STATES?
200
How many prepositional phrases are in the following sentence: Whenever I am in Yosemite, I feel grateful.
What is ONE? (in Yosemite)
200
State the appositive phrase: During the dinner conversation, Clifford, the messiest eater at the table, spewed mashed potatoes like an erupting volcano.
What is the messiest eater at the table?
300
Is the following prepositional phrase being used as an adjective phrase or an adverb phrase? IN THE WATERS of Yellowstone Lake swim several varieties of fishes.
What is an ADVERB PHRASE?
300
State the infinitive phrase in the following sentence: Would you like to know more about Yellowstone?
What is TO KNOW MORE ABOUT YELLOWSTONE?
300
State the noun that the appositive phrase modifies in the following sentence: Old Faithful, the most famous geyser in Yellowstone, is very impressive.
What is OLD FAITHFUL?
300
State the two phrases and their types in the following sentence: The John D. Rockefeller Jr. Memorial Parkway, an eighty-mile scenic roadway, runs through Yellowstone.
What is AN EIGHTY-MILE SCENIC ROADWAY/APPOSITIVE; THROUGH YELLOWSTONE/PREPOSITIONAL (ADVERB)?
300
State the adjective phrase: The sandwich on the counter looks delicious.
What is on the counter?
400
Is the following prepositional phrase being used as an adjective phrase or an adverb phrase? Yellowstone Park also contains the largest mountain lake IN NORTH AMERICA.
What is an ADJECTIVE PHRASE?
400
State the participial phrase in the following sentence: Located in parts of three states, Yellowstone Park has many interesting geothermal features.
What is LOCATED IN PARTS OF THREE STATES?
400
State the noun that the appositive modifies in the following sentence: The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone River, a colorful gorge, is nineteen miles long.
What is THE GRAND CANYON OF THE YELLOWSTONE RIVER?
400
State the phrase and its type in the following sentence: Old Faithful is one of the most interesting things to see.
What is OF THE MOST INTERESTING THINGS/PREPOSITIONAL (ADJECTIVE)?
400
State the infinitive phrase: To finish her shift without spilling another pizza into a customer's lap is Michelle's only goal tonight.
What is To finish her shift without spilling another pizza into a customer's lap?
500
Is the following prepositional phrase being used as an adjective phrase or an adverb phrase? After he attended college, Muir worked ON MECHANICAL INVENTIONS.
What is an ADVERB PHRASE?
500
State the infinitive and the separate infinitive phrase in the following sentence: If you ever get a chance to travel, make it a point to see Old Faithful.
What is TO TRAVEL and TO SEE OLD FAITHFUL?
500
State the appositive phrase and the noun it modifies in the following sentence: Lodgepole pine, a Rocky Mountain pine tree, covers much of Yellowstone Park.
What is A ROCKY MOUNTAIN PINE TRESS and LODGEPOLE?
500
State the two phrases and their types in the following sentence: Yellowstone, the oldest national park in the United States, is quite beautiful.
What is THE OLDEST NATIONAL PARK IN THE UNITED STATES/APPOSITIVE; IN THE UNITED STATES/PREPOSITIONAL (ADJECTIVE)?
500
State the participial phrase: The water drained slowly in the pipe clogged with dog hair.
What is clogged with dog hair?