P3 Sentence Parts

P3 Sentence Parts

Focusing on sentence parts and their phrases

Appositive phrases are made up of the appositive (noun/pronoun that follows and gives more information about another noun/pronoun) and all its modifiers.

• Example: Michael, my brother, is a cop.

• brother = appositive

• my brother = appositive phrase

Multiple Choice

What is the appositive phrase of the following sentence?

A tennis player, Rob practiced his swing with every chance he got.

• a tennis player

• Rob practiced

• with every chance

• he got

Prepositional phrases are a group of words beginning with a preposition and ending with a noun/pronoun.

• Example: He turned on the light.

• on = preposition

• on the light = prepositional phrase

Multiple Choice

How many prepositional phrases are in the following sentence?

He turned off the light in my room.

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Infinitive phrases is an infinitive (to+verb) and any modifiers or objects.

• Example: We have to eat our sandwich in the lunchroom.

• to eat = infinitive

• to eat our sandwich = infinitive phrase (sandwich is the object of the phrase)

Multiple Choice

What is the object of the infinitive phrase in the following sentence?

We have to talk to the principal.

• we

• to talk

• principal

• to the

Gerund phrases are gerunds (verb+ing) plus its modifiers and objects.

• Example: Quickly eating shellfish is a bad idea.

• eating = gerund

• quickly eating shellfish = gerund phrase (quickly is a modifier and shellfish is the object)

Participle phrases are participles (verb+ing or ed) plus its modifiers and objects.

• Example: I need my running shoes.

• running = participle

• my running shoes = participle phrase (my is a modifier and shoes is the object)