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Exercise A Underline each prepositional phrase. Then, draw an arrow to the word
or words that the phrase modifies. There may be more than one prepositional phrase in a
sentence.
EXAMPLE
1. Mason drove his uncle to the grocery store.
1. Little droplets of rain were still falling outside the house.
2. When the game was over, the winning team came from the locker room and went to
their bus.
3. The road around the lake was flooded after the heavy rains.
4. The novel Sounder tells about a boy and his dog.
5. What was the name of the dog in the novel?
6. Did you find the bag of rice in the cupboard or in the pantry?
7. Please bring the packages from the car and set them on the kitchen table.
8. Over the trees we saw a beautiful rainbow.
9. Have you ever read anything by the author Langston Hughes?
10. Our neighbors up the hill are also good friends of ours.
Exercise B Underline the participle or participial phrase in each of the following
sentences. Then, on the line provided, write the word that the participle or participial
phrase modifies.
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EXAMPLE
baseball
1. The baseball, signed by the entire team, was my
mother’s most valuable possession.
_____________ 1. My dog wore a newly purchased collar.
_____________ 2. It will take more than a smiling face to impress the judges in the
debate tournament.
_____________ 3. Trained technicians prepared the space shuttle for liftoff.
_____________ 4. Hey! Can you see the cat stalking the bird in the back yard?
_____________ 5. One of the most recommended features of the coat is its warm lining.
_____________ 6. Going through her backpack, Moira can’t remember where she put
her binoculars.
_____________ 7. Did you see that picture of my younger sister wearing a wool cap?
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_____________ 8. On Easter Island, strikingly carved statues are set up on stone
platforms.
_____________ 9. In the ski lodge, we were warmed by the fire burning in the large
fireplace.
_____________ 10. The hurricane, fed by cool wind currents and warm sea water, headed
for the coast of Florida.
Underline each gerund or gerund phrase in the following sentences.
Then, on the line provided, identify how the gerund or gerund phrase is being used by
writing S for subject, DO for direct object, OP for object of a preposition, or PN for
predicate nominative.
Exercise C
EXAMPLE
S
1. Sleeping occupies much of a cat’s day.
_________ 1. Piloting twin-rotor helicopters takes special skills.
_________ 2. My grandfather likes watching travel videos.
_________ 3. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was devoted to winning civil rights for African
Americans.
_________ 4. On your vacation, will you practice your windsurfing?
_________ 5. The senator’s thinking on the issues was clarified by years of study.
_________ 6. One of the most impressive feats of ancient times was constructing
Stonehenge.
_________ 7. Michelle Kwan’s most famous talent is ice-skating.
_________ 8. You might consider keeping pigeons as a hobby.
_________ 9. Somehow the rumbling of the railroad car helped me to sleep.
Exercise D Underline the infinitive or infinitive phrase in each of the following
sentences. Then, on the line provided, write N if the infinitive or infinitive phrase is used
as a noun, ADJ if it is used as an adjective, or ADV if it is used as an adverb.
EXAMPLE
ADV
1. Ms. Tanaka was careful to include the entire
class in the discussion.
_________ 1. Even though the concert doesn’t start until 8:30 P.M., the members of the
band need to be there early.
_________ 2. The firefighter was courageous to have rescued the cat from the burning
house.
_________ 3. To fill the swimming pool, Paul turned the water on full blast.
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_________ 4. You want to boil the water before putting in the pasta.
_________ 5. To sing the role of Mimi in La Bohème at the Metropolitan Opera is the
dream of every soprano.
_________ 6. The best person to decorate the gym for the dance is Cordelia.
_________ 7. Ross decided to ride his bicycle to the farmer’s market.
_________ 8. My mother’s marketing company is searching for someone to write their
advertisements for them.
_________ 9. Aren’t you curious to hear the result of the composer’s revisions to the
concerto?
_________ 10. The running back surged ahead of the other team to score a touchdown.
Exercise E Underline the appositive or appositive phrase in each of the following
sentences. Then, on the line provided, write the word or words that the appositive or
appositive phrase identifies or explains.
EXAMPLE
T. E. Lawrence 1. The British soldier T. E. Lawrence is the
subject of a famous film.
_____________ 1. Both Tony and Patrice thought that the dog, a Labrador retriever, was
very handsome.
_____________ 2. The highlight of the air show was the flight of a B-52, a jet bomber.
_____________ 3. Our reading group finally decided to read the last book on the list,
Moby-Dick.
_____________ 4. The happiest moment in the movie was the unexpected return of the
cat Thomasina.
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_____________ 5. The Colossus of Rhodes, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient
World, was said to stand over the harbor at Rhodes.
_____________ 6. Let me tell you about my grandfather, a Lakota medicine man.
_____________ 7. Our science teacher reproduced a famous experiment by Galileo
Galilei, the Italian astronomer.
_____________ 8. My older brother Mike works on a television show in Los Angeles.
_____________ 9. Every Passover my family holds a Seder, a feast to celebrate the flight
of the Jews from slavery in Egypt.
_____________ 10. In English class, we read a novel by Toni Morrison, a Nobel Prize–
winning author.
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(The first item in a pair is the
appositive or appositive phrase. The second is the
word or words the appositive or appositive phrase
explains or identifies.)
1. HDTV—High-definition television
2. the Roman philosopher and statesman—Seneca
3. A four-time recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for
poetry—Robert Frost
4. both Romance languages—French, Spanish
5. Sandra’s favorite painter—Caravaggio
6. corn and potatoes—crops
7. Osaka, Kyoto, and Nagasaki—cities
8. Robert’s cousin—Lucy Telotte
9. the domestic dog—Canis familiaris
10. Ingrid—friend
Exercise B
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Test
(The first item in a pair is the
prepositional phrase. The second is the word or
words modified.)
1. of rain—droplets; outside the house—were
falling
2. from the locker room—came; to their bus—
went
3. around the lake—road; after the heavy rains—
was flooded
4. about a boy and his dog—tells
5. of the dog—name; in the novel—dog
6. of rice—bag; in the cupboard—Did find; in the
pantry—Did find
7. from the car—bring; on the kitchen table—set
8. Over the trees—saw
9. by the author Langston Hughes—anything
10. up the hill—neighbors; of ours—friends
Exercise A
(The first item in a pair is the
word or words modified. The second is the
participle or participial phrase.)
1. collar—newly purchased
2. face—smiling
3. technicians—Trained
4. cat—stalking the bird in the back yard
5. features—most recommended
6. Moira—Going through her backpack
7. sister—wearing a wool cap
8. statues—strikingly carved
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9. fire—burning in the large fireplace
10. hurricane—fed by cool wind currents and
warm sea water
Exercise C
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
S—Piloting twin-rotor helicopters
DO—watching travel videos
OP—winning civil rights for African Americans
DO—your windsurfing
S—The senator’s thinking on the issues
PN—constructing Stonehenge
PN—ice-skating
DO—keeping pigeons
S—the rumbling of the railroad car
S—Revealing the ending of the book
Exercise D
1. N—to be there early
2. ADV—to have rescued the cat from the
burning house
3. ADV—To fill the swimming pool
4. N—to boil the water before putting in the
pasta
5. N—To sing the role of Mimi in La Bohème at
the Metropolitan Opera
6. ADJ—to decorate the gym for the dance
7. N—to ride his bicycle to the farmer’s market
8. ADJ—to write their advertisements for them
9. ADV—to hear the result of the composer’s
revisions to the concerto
10. ADV—to score a touchdown
(The first item in a pair is the
word or words identified or explained by the
appositive or appositive phrase. The second item is
the appositive or appositive phrase.)
1. dog—a Labrador retriever
2. B-52—a jet bomber
3. book—Moby-Dick
4. cat—Thomasina
5. Colossus of Rhodes—one of the Seven Wonders
of the Ancient World
6. grandfather—a Lakota medicine man
7. Galileo Galilei—the Italian astronomer
8. brother—Mike
9. Seder—a feast to celebrate the flight of the
Jews from slavery in Egypt
10. Toni Morrison—a Nobel Prize–winning author
Exercise E
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