Phrases and Verbals

What is a phrase?

• Group of words with a subject and verb.

• Group of word that completes the meaning of a verb.

• Group of words used as single part of speech and that has no subject or verb.

• Group of words that looks like a sentence.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1F

A group of words that has a subject, a verb, and a complete message is...

• Predicate nominative

• Sentence fragment

• Paragraph

• Sentence

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1F

If a group of words, contains both a verb and its subject, it is called, a clause.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

A prepositional phrase includes a preposition, the object of a preposition and any modifier of that object.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

A prepositional phrase can work as

• Adjective phrase and adverb phrase

• Gerund phrase and participial phrase

• Noun phrase

• infinitive phrase

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1E

The object of a preposition can be a...

• subject, verb, and interjection

• noun, object pronoun, gerund

• adjective or adverb

• direct object, verb, indirect object

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

A prepositional phrase that modifies a verb is called an adjective phrase

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1E

A verbal is a word formed from a verb, but it cannot work as a verb.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

The verbals in English are...

• nouns, adjectives, and adverbs

• Subject and verb complements

• participles, gerunds, and infinitives

• None of the previous choices

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

The participles can work as nouns.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A