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Instructions: Identify the underlined phrase or clause. 1. Steven's book, which made Oprah's Book Club this month, is not in any stores. a. prepositional phrase phrase 2. While preparing for the speech, Joe couldn't help but worry about his entrance. a. prepositional phrase phrase 3. Ahmad wants to visit Quebec, but he will need to wait for his next vacation. a. prepositional phrase phrase 4. Hoping for a miracle, the doctors continued the surgery. a. prepositional phrase phrase 5. Our boss supports donating time to charity. a. prepositional phrase phrase 6. Melanie hoped to find a cure for the disease, but she tried to be realistic. a. prepositional phrase phrase 7. After the banquet, the cooks will take a well-deserved break. a. prepositional phrase phrase 8. Joey is hoping for a change to play pool with his uncle. a. prepositional phrase phrase 9. The dog that Sam chose from the litter seems to be healthy. b. participial phrase c. gerund phrase d. infinitive b. participial phrase c. gerund phrase d. infinitive b. participial phrase c. gerund phrase d. infinitive b. participial phrase c. gerund phrase d. infinitive b. participial phrase c. gerund phrase d. infinitive b. participial phrase c. gerund phrase d. infinitive b. participial phrase c. gerund phrase d. infinitive b. participial phrase c. gerund phrase d. infinitive
b. participial phrase
c. gerund phrase
d. infinitive
10. Sam Smith, who recently spoke to the youth group, excels at motivating young people. a. prepositional phrase phrase 11. Pushed beyond endurance, the runner dropped the baton. a. prepositional phrase phrase 12. The shoes he saw in the catalogue are available down the street. a. prepositional phrase phrase 13. The reporter crouched behind that tree got the best picture of the arrest. a. prepositional phrase phrase 14. Keith tried supporting both teams, but his heart was with Oregon. a. prepositional phrase phrase 15. Katrina, who resented being left at home, drew on the walls with her crayons. a. prepositional phrase phrase 16. Arnold hoped to find an answer to the funding shortfall. a. prepositional phrase phrase 17. Pressed for time, the agent ran the red light. a. prepositional phrase phrase 18. His uncle thinks that working for the government is the key to stability. b. participial phrase c. gerund phrase d. infinitive b. participial phrase c. gerund phrase d. infinitive b. participial phrase c. gerund phrase d. infinitive b. participial phrase c. gerund phrase d. infinitive b. participial phrase c. gerund phrase d. infinitive b. participial phrase c. gerund phrase d. infinitive b. participial phrase c. gerund phrase d. infinitive b. participial phrase c. gerund phrase d. infinitive
b. participial phrase
c. gerund phrase
d. infinitive
19. Richard's chance to make his point slipped away. a. prepositional phrase phrase 20. Is it possible that Joshua will compete against that man? a. prepositional phrase phrase b. participial phrase c. gerund phrase d. infinitive b. participial phrase c. gerund phrase d. infinitive
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Adjective Phrase Adverb Phrase Noun Phrase Prepositonal Phrase Verb Phrase
Adjective Phrase Adverb Phrase Noun Phrase Prepositonal Phrase Verb Phrase
Adjective Phrase Adverb Phrase Noun Phrase Prepositonal Phrase Verb Phrase
Adjective Phrase Adverb Phrase Noun Phrase Prepositonal Phrase Verb Phrase
Adjective Phrase
Adjective Phrase Adverb Phrase Noun Phrase Prepositonal Phrase Verb Phrase
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Prepositional phrases
Congress debated whether or not to use the atomic bomb on civilian or military targets. Congress debated whether or not to use the atomic bomb on civilian or military targets. Congress debated whether or not to use the atomic bomb on civilian or military targets.
Identify the function of the bolded prepositional phrase in the following sentence. Before the atomic bomb was dropped on Japan, protests erupted in the
Identify the function of the bolded prepositional phrase in the following sentence. Before the atomic bomb was dropped on Japan, protests erupted in the streets of New York City.
Adverb phrase Adjective phrase Conjunction Pronoun
Identify the function of the bolded prepositional phrase in the following sentence. Before the atomic bomb was dropped on Japan, protests erupted in the streets of New York City.
Adverb phrase Adjective phrase Conjunction Pronoun
Identify the function of the bolded prepositional phrase in the following sentence. Under the cover of night, the bombers took to the air.
Adverb phrase Adjective phrase Conjunction Pronoun
Identify the function of the bolded prepositional phrase in the following sentence. Mushroom clouds bloomed over Hiroshima and Nagaski.
Adverb phrase Adjective phrase Conjunction Pronoun
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Identify the verbal phrase in the following sentence. Jammed with commuter traffic, the bridge out of the city collapsed suddenly.
collapsed suddenly
Identify the verbal in the following sentence. The medics' first priority was treating people with serious injuries.
serious
priority
treating
injuries
Identify the verbal or verbal phrase in the following sentence. To lift debris off of the cars, rescue workers needed special equipment.
rescue workers needed special equipment
Identify the type of verbal phrase in bold. The medics' first priority was treating people with serious injuries.
infinitive phrase
gerund phrase
participial phrase
Identify the type of verbal phrase in bold. To lift the debris off some of the cars rescue workers needed special equipment.
infinitive phrase
participial phrase
gerund phrase
Identify the type of verbal phrase in bold. Separated from their parents and sobbing with fear, children wandered aimlessly in the streets.
participial phrase
infinitive phrase
gerund phrase
Identify the correct function of the verbal phrase in bold. Separated from their parents and sobbing with fear, children wandered aimlessly in the streets.
Noun phrase
Adverb phrase
Adjective phrase
Verb phrase
Identify the correct function of the verbal phrase in bold. The rescue workers used blankets and teddy bears to calm the children.
Adverb phrase
Verb phrase
Adjective phrase
Noun phrase
Identify the correct function of the verbal phrase in bold. Jammed with commuter traffic, bridges collapsed suddenly during rush hour.
Verb phrase
Noun phrase
Adverb phrase
Adjective phrase
Identify the correct function of the verbal phrase in bold. Lifting the debris off some of the cars required special equipment.
Verb phrase
Adjective phrase
Noun phrase
Adverb phrase
In each of the following sentences replace the adjective in bold letters by an adjective phrase of the same meaning. 1. The King wore a golden crown.
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It is a white elephant.
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Source: http://www.englishpractice.com/grammar/adjective-phrases-exercise/
Subordinate clauses
Identify the subordinate clause in the following sentence. At the party, we ate and danced until it was over.
At the party
Identify the subordinate clause in the following sentence. Guests who wanted to stay out longer had to move to another party down the street.
had to move
Identify the subordinate clause in the following sentence. Another friend of mine got sick and had to leave the party early, which was unfortunate.
which was unfortunate
had to leave
Identify the subordinate clause in the following sentence. Even though my friend had looked forward to the party for many weeks, he had to leave early.
for many weeks
Even though my friend had looked forward to the party for many weeks
Identify the subordinate clause in the following sentence. The host seemed concerned about what the neighbors would think.
what the neighbors would think
would think
The host seemed concerned about what the neighbors would think.
adverb clause
adjective clause
noun clause
Identify the type of subordinate clause in bold. Guests who wanted to stay out longer had to move to another party down the street.
noun clause
adjective clause
adverb clause
Identify the type of subordinate clause in bold. Another friend of mine got sick and had to leave the party early, which was unfortunate.
noun clause
adjective clause
adverb clause
Identify the type of subordinate clause in bold. Even though my friend had looked forward to the party for many
adjective clause
noun clause
Identify the type of subordinate clause in bold. Because many of the guests had arrived before I did, most of the food was already gone.
adjective clause
adverb clause
noun clause
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Classifying sentences
Identify the classification of the following sentence. The recent downturn in the telecommunications industry caused tens of thousands of programmers to lose their jobs for good and forced thousands more to move across the country.
simple compound complex compound-complex
Identify the classification of the following sentence. Neither programmers nor managers would take the blame for their failing Internet start-ups.
simple compound complex compound-complex
Identify the classification of the following sentence. Computers, laptops, and palmtops are similar technologies even though they come in different sizes.
simple compound complex
compound-complex
Identify the classification of the following sentence. Some programmers of graphic design software know how to use their software to create pictures, fliers, and Web pages; oddly enough, despite strong technical backgrounds, many others do not.
simple compound complex compound-complex
Identify the classification of the following sentence. During the downturn, independent computer consultants had difficulty finding part-time or full-time employment.
simple compound complex compound-complex
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Find and label the subject/verb pairs Look for dependent marker words Draw a / between the clauses Label the clauses: DC or IC Identify the sentence type
CP = IC & IC CX = IC & DC
__ 1. Although it started to rain, we decided to continue our walk. __ 2. There were books on the floor, under the table, and all about the room. __ 3. She was going to school full-time and hoped to graduate in June. __ 4. Transportation came to a halt as the steadily falling snow accumulated faster than the snow plows could clear it away. __ 5. Marie and Bill and I stayed up until four in the morning. __ 6. Unless conditions change for her, she will spend the rest of her life working for minimum wage in a dusty mill; there are thousands of women like her. __ 7. She wanted to go, but her child was sick. __ 8. Joe is smart; he will go far. __ 9. As soon as Dick started a coin collection, his brother bought an album of rare stamps. __ 10. Nature is her passion in life, and colleagues say that she is a skilled naturalist.
Source: http://multimediaportfolio.wikispaces.com/file/view/Sentence+Types.pdf Exercise 16.1 Find the coordinating conjunctions in the following sentences, and identify the units being coordinated.
1. Because of our social circumstances, male and female are really two cultures and their life experiences are utterly different. Kate Millett 2. I can never pass by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York without thinking of it not as a gallery of living portraits but as a cemetery of tax-deductible wealth. Lewis Lapham 3. Dont mock the pedant, for he might be able to teach you some minute details about his subject. 4. Im on the side of keeping things mysterious, and I have neve r enjoyed understanding things. If I understand something, I have no further use for it. So I try to make a music which I dont understand and which will be difficult for other people to understand. John Cage 5. We dont know when our name came into being or how some distant ancestor acquired it. We dont understand our name at all, we dont know its history and yet we bear it with exalted fidelity, we merge with it, we like it, we are ridiculously proud of it as if we had thought it up ourselves in a moment of brilliant inspiration. Milan Kundera
Source : http://www.oup.com/us/pdf/grammar/SupEx16.pdf
Exercise 16.2
Classify the following sentences according to their clause structure as simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex.
1. All real men are gentle; without tenderness, a man is uninteresting. Marlene Dietrich 2. Considering the absence of legal coercion, the surprising thing is that men have for so long and, on the whole, so reliably, adhered to what we might call the the breadwinner ethic. Barbara Ehrenreich 3. Evil is being involved in the glamour and charm aspect of material existenceglamour in its old Gaelic sense, meaning enchantment with the look of things, rather than the soul of things. Kenneth Anger 4. I am a feminist, and what that means to me is much the same as the meaning of the fact that I am Black: it means that I must undertake to love myself and to respect myself as though my very life depends upon self-love and self-respect. June Jordan 5. What constitutes a real, live human being is more of a mystery than ever these days, and meneach one of whom is a valuable, unique experiment on the part of nature are shot down wholesale. Hermann Hesse
Source : http://www.oup.com/us/pdf/grammar/SupEx16.pdf
Simple Compound Complex 8: Helen Keller's story needed to be told, so in 1962, a beautiful movie was made about her life. Simple Compound Complex 9: "If there were only joy in the world, we could never learn to be brave and patient." -- Helen Keller Simple Compound Complex 10: "Life is either a daring adventure, or it is nothing." -- Helen Keller Simple Compound Complex
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Simple Compound Complex 8: Shadrach's sons welcomed him to the new land, but they were amazed by his old fashioned appearance. Simple Compound Complex 9: Shadrach looked like so many new immigrants that Gottlieb and Abel had ridiculed in the past. Simple Compound Complex 10: Gottlieb and Abel first wanted to take their father to a barbershop to trim his beard to make him look more like an American. Simple Compound Complex
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