Phrase Identification & Function

What kind of phrase is the underlined part of this sentence?

Eating twenty hot dogs will make you sick.

• Participial phrase

• Gerund phrase

• Infinitive phrase

• Prepositional phrase

What is the function of the underlined phrase?

Eating twenty hot dogs will make you sick.

• adjective modifying "you"

• adverb modifying "will make"

• renames the pronoun "you"

• noun (subject)

What kind of phrase is the underlined part of the sentence?

Jenna, eating breakfast before school, read the paper.

• Appositive phrase

• Participial phrase

• Gerund phrase

• Infinitive phrase

What is the function of the underlined phrase?

Jenna, eating breakfast before school, read the paper.

• adjective modifying "Jenna"

• adverb modifying "read"

• renames the noun "Jenna"

• noun (D.O.)

What kind of phrase is the underlined part of the sentence?

I enjoy eating French fries with ketchup.

• Appositive phrase

• Infinitive phrase

• Participial phrase

• Gerund phrase

What is the function of the underlined phrase?

I enjoy eating French fries with ketchup.

• adjective modifying "I"

• adverb modifying "enjoy"

• renames the pronoun "I"

• noun (D.O.)

What kind of phrase is the underlined part of the sentence?

Ashamed of the hole in his pants, Matt didn’t want to come to school.

• Appositive phrase

• Participial phrase

• Gerund phrase

• Prepositional phrase

What is the function of the underlined phrase?

Ashamed of the hole in his pants, Matt didn’t want to come to school.

• adjective modifying "Matt"

• adverb modifying "didn't want"

• renames the noun "Matt"

• noun (subject)

What kind of phrase is the underlined part of the sentence?

Running the food stand was difficult.

• Gerund phrase

• Appositive phrase

• Infinitive phrase

• Participial phrase

What is the function of the underlined phrase?

Running the food stand was difficult.

• adjective modifying "difficult"

• adverb modifying "was"

• renames the noun "stand"

• noun (subject)