Brushstrokes

Heart pounding, teeth clenched, Maricella prayed that the roller coaster would not fall off the tracks.

• Adjectives out of order

• Appositive

• Participle

• Absolutes

Sneezing, the woman reached for her cat.

• Absolutes

• Active Verbs

• Adjectives Out of Order

• Participles

Which sentence uses an ACTIVE VERB?

• Henry SMELLED the cake.

• The cake SMELLED good.

• The icing SMELLED like strawberries.

Which part of the sentence contains the absolutes?

• The mountain climber,

• hands shaking and feet trembling,

• edged along

• the dangerous cliff.

What does the appositive describe?

Ben Franklin, the famous inventor, created the first bifocal lense.

• Ben Franklin

• a famous inventor

• lenses