Phrases: Appositive, Gerund, Infinitive, Participial

In the following sentence, which one of the following words is the preposition?
Shane went to the store.

• Shane
• went
• to
• the

Which one of the following is a noun formed from a verb?  It ends in -ing.

• Appositive
• Infinitive
• Gerund
• Preposition

Identify the gerund in the sentence below.
Driving in a crowded city was a new experience.

• in
• was
• Driving
• crowded

Identify the appositive in the sentence below.
My best friend, Chuck, is a gifted speaker.

• friend
• speaker
• Chuck
• My

What type of punctuation is used to set an appositive apart?

• Question mark
• Period
• Exclamation mark
• Comma

Prepositions can be used as which of the following?

• Appositives, Infinitives and Gerunds
• Nouns, Adverbs and Adjectives

Verbals may be any of the following types: 

• gerunds, adjectives, and adverbs
• participles, infinitives, and gerunds
• participles, gerunds, and prepositions
• participles, infinitives, and verbs

Identify the participle phrase in the following sentence: Driven by instinct, butterflies use flowers as meal stops. 

• use flowers as meal stops
• butterflies use 
• Driven by instinct
• Driven by instinct, butterflies use 

Identify the gerund in the following: Birds sing as a means of communicating with others. 

• sing
• means
• with
• communicating

Identify the participle in the following: Laughing, the girls walked away from the amazing circus performers. 

• walked
• amazing
• laughing
• performers