Name: ______________________
Sentences Types and Verbal Phrases
REVIEW
Identify whether each sentence is
A) simple
B) compound
Hour: _______
Date: ______
C) complex
D) compound-complex
(2 points each)
______ 1. People demand that crocodile skin be banned from being made into things.
______ 2. Crocodiles can be 25 feet and can sometimes weigh more than 2000 pounds.
______ 3. If prices drop too low, money may be lost, and people may lose jobs.
______ 4. Consumers buy fewer goods when prices rise.
______ 5. If production increases, prices may drop, and people may buy more.
______ 6. You can see one of the platforms of the Aztec temples, a church, and offices.
______ 7. Cities were built when Aztecs filled in Lake Texcoco during the 14th century.
______ 8. Periodicals that inform and entertain make good reading.
______ 9. There is just one store in our town that sells magazines and periodicals.
______ 10. Several writers whom I admire contribute to excellent magazines.
1) Identify whether the verbal phrase is:
A.
C.
infinitive
gerund
B.
D.
participial
preposition
(2 points each)
11. ______When I am old, I will spend my time writing and reading.
12. ______ How can you expect me to remember to shut the door?
13. ______ I always tell her she needs start growing up and looking at things from another
perspective.
14. ______To grandmother’s house we go!
15. ______ Sweating and wheezing, the basketball player called a timeout.
16. ______ My aim as a teacher is educating my students in ways that relate to life after high school.
17. ______ He life consists only of training for the Olympics.
18. ______To teach her ex-boyfriend a lesson was the purpose of the girl’s actions.
19. ______ The orphan, exhausted and confused, tried to explain why he had ran away.
20. ______ Mandy was too upset to argue.
Write two sentences for each type of sentence and verbal phrase (14 total sentences). Follow the
punctuation rules. Sentences that do not relate to the topic (picture) will receive zero credit.
(4 points each)
Topic:
Simple:
1.
2.
Compound:
1.
2.
Complex:
1.
2.
Compound-Complex
1.
2.
Sentences containing an infinitive phrase:
1.
2.
Sentences containing a gerund phrase:
1.
2.
Sentences containing a participial phrase:
1.
2.