Exam Review 7th: Phrases

How is the gerund phrase being used?

Nobody seems to be very interested in going to the fireworks display.

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• DO

• IO

• OP

• PN

How is the gerund phrase being used?

Rachel talked her friends into watching that Three Tenors video.

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• DO

• IO

• OP

• PN

How is the gerund phrase being used?

The Dutch artist Jan Vermeer enjoyed painting pictures of house interiors.

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• DO

• IO

• PN

• OP

How is the gerund phrase being used?

Reaching an agreement between the parties is the goal of every negotiator.

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• DO

• IO

• PN

• OP

How is the gerund phrase being used?

Ed likes listening to music.

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• DO

• IO

• PN

• OP

How is the gerund phrase being used?

Cousin Mark’s summer job is selling produce at the farmer’s market.

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• DO

• IO

• PN

• OP

Find the participial phrase.

The seagulls gliding through the air looked like pieces of paper caught in the wind.

• gliding through the air

• in the wind.

• The seagulls gliding

• through the air

Find the participial phrase.

Hoping for a new bicycle and a toy robot, my brother couldn’t sleep at all on Christmas Eve.

• Hoping for a new bicycle

• sleep at all

• Hoping for a new bicycle and a toy robot

• sleep at all on Christmas Eve.

Find the participial phrase.

The shark chasing the school of fish looked like a hammerhead.

• The shark chasing the school of fish

• chasing the school of fish

• chasing the school

• like a hammerhead

Find the participial phrase.

All of the invitations sent to the club members had the wrong date on them.

• All of the invitations

• sent to the club

• sent to the club members

• sent to the club members had the wrong date on them