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Gerunds
Participles
Infinitives
Types of Phrases
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What does a gerund always end with?
-ing.
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What is a participle?
A verbal that acts as an adjective.
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What word does every infinitive begin with?
To.
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What type of phrase is the capitalized section? The boy, RUNNING QUICKLY, crossed the finish line first.
A participle phrase.
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What is a verb that acts as a noun, adjective, or an adverb?
A verbal.
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What type of word do gerunds act as?
Noun.
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What are the two types of participles?
Past participles and present participles.
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What type of word follows the word "to" for the phrase to be an infinitive?
A verb.
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What type of phrase is the capitalized section? She decided TO BUY the expensive boots.
An infinitive phrase.
200
What type of word modifies a noun or a pronoun?
An adjective.
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How is the gerund phrase used in this sentence? Swimming is fun. (Subject, direct object, etc.)
As the subject.
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What do PRESENT participles end with?
-ing.
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Is the capitalized section an infinitive? The rhino didn't seem too happy as it chased the poacher TO HIS truck.
Nope! (Infinitives have a verb following the word "to.")
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What type of phrase is the capitalized section? The criminal's crime was STEALING GORILLAS. (Haha. Gorillas...)
A gerund phrase.
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What suffix do adverbs usually end with?
-ly.
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How is the gerund phrase used in this sentence? Her favorite activity is reading books. (Subject, direct object, etc.)
Predicate nominative. (The gerund follows the linking verb, "is.")
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What do PAST participles end with?
-ed.
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How is the infinitive phrase in this sentence used? His idea to scream wildly was terrible. (Noun, adverb, etc.)
An adjective. ("To scream wildly" modifies "idea.")
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What type of phrase is the capitalized section, and how is it used? The child started RUNNING WITH SCISSORS. (Noooo! Scissors!)
It's a gerund phrase, and it's used as a direct object.
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Choose the correct word to finish the sentence. He (sat/set) on his couch.
Sat.
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How is the gerund phrase used in this sentence? Benny got fired after spilling coffee on a customer.
Object of a preposition. (After is the preposition.)
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What is the participle in the following sentence? The fallen tree looked extremely old.
Fallen. (Past participles for irregular verbs can have different endings.)
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What is the infinitive in the following sentence? The evil pirate told him to swim to the shore.
To swim. ("To the store" is a prepositional phrase.)
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How is the capitalized phrase used? TO PASS THE TEST, study every night.
It is used as an adverb.
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What word refers to an adverb that modifies an adjective or another adverb?
Intensifier.