Parts of Speech and Types of Phrases

Question 1

Use the drop-down menus to identify the underlined phrase in each sentence.

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A statue of great size stood in front of the castle.: adjectival phrase; Let’s take a photograph of the beautiful mountain.: adjectival phrase; The family who lives next door asked me to babysit for their twins.: adverbial phrase

Question 2

✔ adjectival phraseadverbial phrase verbal phrase

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✔ adjectival phrase

Question 3

adjectival phrase✔ adverbial phraseverbal phrase

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✔ adverbial phrase

Question 4

Use the drop-down menus to identify the underlined phrase in each sentence.

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✔ participial phrase; The students carrying boxes into their new dorm rooms were exhausted at the end of the day.: participial phrase; To text in the middle of a movie is rude to other moviegoers.: infinitive phrase; Skiing down that slope was exhilarating!: gerund phrase

Question 5

gerund phrase✔ infinitive phraseparticipial phrase

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✔ infinitive phrase

Question 6

✔ gerund phraseinfinitive phraseparticipial phrase

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✔ gerund phrase

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