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Parts of Speech: Gerunds, Participles, and Infinitives — Quiz

Question 10 • English Language Arts 12

Read the sentence. Materializing from the mist, the alarm warned the ship to steer quickly to the right of the rocks. Why is the sentence grammatically incorrect?

Answer
A
It uses a prepositional phrase to function as an infinitive.
B
It places the infinitive phrase in the wrong place.
C
It uses a gerund to function as a participle.
D
It places the participial phrase in the wrong place.