Participle and Infinitive Phrases

Find the infinitive. "To wait for dinner doesn’t bother me at all."

• dinner

• to wait

• at all

• doesn't

Find the infinitive phrase. "To wait for dinner doesn’t bother me at all."

• wait

• to wait for dinner

• for dinner

• to wait

Find the infinitive phrase. "She ought to pay more attention to the rules."

• to pay more attention to the rules

• to pay more attention

• She ought to pay

• more attention

Find the participial phrase. "A banana peel lying on the ground caused the comedian to slip."

• lying on the ground

• comedian to slip

• ground caused

• none of the under

What is the infinitive phrase in the following sentence? Eating a balanced diet allows a person to keep healthy.

• eating a balanced diet

• balanced diet

• allows a person to keep

• to keep healthy

Find the infinitive. "She ought to pay more attention to the rules."

• rules

• more

• to the

• to pay

Identify the infinitive phrase in the sentence.

• for me

• to wait

• I asked

• to wait for me

Identify the participle phrase (may be just a participle).

• across the night sky

• hunted their prey

• sweeping across the night sky

• sweeping

Identify the word modified by the participle phrase (may be just a participle).

Sweeping across the night sky, the bats hunted their prey.

• night

• sky

• bats

• prey

Identify the participle phrase (may be just a participle).

• the broken window

• broken

• made my mother angry

• made