Phrases Review

In an effort to protect seeds, farmers would often place scarecrows in fields.

• preposition
• participle
• gerund
• infinitive

Tags

CCSS.L.8.1A

Scarecrows seemed to scare away at least some of the birds.

• preposition
• infinitive
• gerund
• appositive

Have you ever stood in a sunlit field to watch the wheat or some other crop sway in the wind?

• gerund
• participle
• preposition
• infinitive

Corn, a plant that has several thousand varieties, is an important crop.

• appositive
• participle
• gerund
• infinitive

A stalk of corn can grow up to twenty feet tall.

• gerund
• participle
• prepositive
• infinitive

A field of corn glimmering in the sun is a beautiful sight.

• appositive
• participle
• infinitive
• gerund

Tags

CCSS.L.8.1A

CCSS.L.1.4C

Many varieties of corn from the U.S. are grown in the Corn Belt.

• preposition
• gerund
• infinitive
• participle

Eating corn on the cob is a common activity at some picnics.

• Gerund
• appositive
• preposition
• infinitive

Tags

CCSS.L.8.1A

The planting and harvesting of crops such as corn is a demanding job.

• appositive
• infinitive
• gerund
• participle

Glistening in the summer sun, the orange snow cone looked delicious.

• preposition
• participle
• infintive
• appositive