N2SSTSW, Phrases, Subjects and Verbs

Which of the following sentences contain a prepositional phrase?

• George wants to sleep under the stars.

• Lennie likes soft things.

• George is Lennie's caregiver

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CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Which of the following sentences contain an appositive phrase?

• George and Lennie are main characters in the book.

• The main characters in the book are George and Lennie.

• George and Lennie, main characters in the book, act like family.

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CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

What is the participle in the following sentence?
Shivering, the couple ran out of the rain and into the house.

• shivering
• couple
• into
• house

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CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

Which does the following sentence contain?

Swimming requires both coordination and speed.

• Participle

• Gerund

• Infinitive

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CCSS.L.8.1A

A participle is...

• A verb acting like a noun

• A verb

• A verb acting like an adjective

• A pronoun

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CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

Identify the prepositional phrases in the following sentence: Suppose you traveled back in time and landed in China around 100 B.C.

• Suppose you traveled, in time

• in time, in China, around 100 B.C.

• you traveled in time

• in time, in China

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CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Identify the prepositional phrase (s). Before Andrew opened his checking account, he asked about the bank's fees.

• Before Andrew

• about the bank's fees

• Before Andrew, about the bank's fees

• his checking account

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CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Identify the subjects and verbs in the following sentence: The judge may be in court, or he may be in his office.

• Judge, may, he, may

• Judge, be, he, be

• Judge, may, be, he, may, be

• Judge may be

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CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

Which sentence is written correctly?

• Because she knew the answer; she raised her hand.

• Because she knew the answer, she raised her hand.

• Because she knew the answer. She raised her hand.

• Because she knew the answer she raised her hand.

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

The lead in for evidence needs to contain

• some background information to help the reader see that the quote supports the claim

• this quote supports my claim

• the author's name and the title of the source

• a few words of quoted evidence and MLA citation

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CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D