WHITEBOARD REVIEW

PHRASES

TEST STRUCTURE

• I. Preps: find and Identify type (adj/adv) 5pts.

• II. Parts: Find, tell what it modifies 20pts.• III. Gerunds: Find, tell function 20 pts• IV. Inf Phrase: Find, tell function 20 pts.• V. Appositives: Find, tell what it modifies 5pts• VI. ID: phrase is italicized, you tell type• VII. 4 sentences to underline phrases within

phrases (like that worksheet)

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Prep Phrases: Find phrase and ID Type

Many of the students wore green and white on spirit day.

Phrase: of the students

Type: ADJ

Prep Phrases: Find phrase and ID Type

• The ticking noise the clock makes is annoying to me when I sleep.

• Phrase: to me

• Type: ADV

Prep Phrases: Find phrase and ID Type

• I caught my cats on the kitchen table.

• Phrase: on the kitchen table

• Type: ADV

Prep Phrases: Find phrase and ID Type

• Many stories about Homecoming have been told this week.

• Phrase: about Homecoming

• Type: ADJ

Participial: Find and tell what it modifies

• Taken for granted by most of us, paper is an essential part of our lives

• Phrase: Taken for granted by most of us

• Modifies: paper

Participial: Find and tell what it modifies

• The paper used today had developed over many centuries

• Phrase: used today

• Modifies: paper

Participial: Find and tell what it modifies

• A motorist driving recklessly through the town was arrested.

• Phrase: driving recklessly through the town

• Modifies: motorist

Participial: Find and tell what it modifies

• Using combinations of leaves and stems, the Japanese make artful arragements.

• Phrase: Using combinations of leaves and stems

• Modifies: Japanese

Participial: Find and tell what it modifies

• Fred, observing state law, switched on the car headlights as the rain began.

• Phrase: observing state law

• Modifies: Fred

Gerund: Find and tell function

• Eating spinach seems a daring act today.

• Gerund: Eating spinach

• Function: Subject

Gerund: Find and tell function

• People eventually started appreciating the book’s value.

• Phrase: appreciating the book’s value

• Function: D.O.

Gerund: Find and tell function

• Eventually, the teacher was faced with grading all the essays.

• Phrase: grading all the essays

• Function: O.P.

Inf: Find and tell function

• Bill’s goal is to become a psychiatrist someday.

• Phrase: to become a psychiatrist someday

• Func: Noun (pn)

Inf: Find and tell function

• Paramedics arrived and tried to revive the victim.

• Phrase: to revive the victim

• Function: Noun (do)

Inf: Find and tell function

• The team didn’t want to miss the kickoff

• Phrase: to miss the kickoff

• Func: ADV (what)

Inf: Find and tell function

• The group approved the decision to offer tutoring services.

• Phrase: to offer tutoring services

• Func: Adj (describes decision)

Appositives: Find and tell what it modifies

• My cat Phoenix is black and white

• Phrase: Pheonix

• Modifies: cat

App: Find and tell what it modifies

• Griffin, our male cat, is a brown tabby.

• Phrase: our male cat

• Modifies: Griffin

ID Phrase Type

• After completing the essay, students must turn it in to their teacher.

• Gerund- OP

ID Phrase Type

• Writing the essay for the second time, Sam learned from his previous mistakes.

• Pres. Part

ID Phrase Type

• I ride my bike to school.

• Prep- ADV

ID Phrase Type

• Reading is the best way to learn new vocabulary.

• Inf