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Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Gerunds act as what part of speech?
adjectives
adverbs
nouns
none of the above
Participials are what part of speech?
nouns
adverbs
adjectives
conjunctions
Which one of the words are not prepositions?
in
with
on
some
We call participial, gerunds, and infinitives verbals because...
They are the main verbs of the sentence.
They are verbs that act as a different part of speech.
They are all nouns in the sentence.
None of the above
An adjective phrase is a group of words along with its modifiers, that functions as an ... in a sentence.
noun and pronoun
verb
adjective
Identify the underlined phrase:
We could see inside the house.
gerund phrase
adverb phrase
participial phrase
infinitive phrase
Identify the underlined phrase:
The old lantern with the glass shade was broken.
adverb phrase
participial phrase
adjective phrase
gernund phrase
Which one of the words is NOT a preposition?
for
among
to
my
The difference between a CLAUSE and a PHRASE is...
a phrase has a subject and a verb and a clause doesn't have a subject and a verb.
a clause has a subject and a verb and a phrase doesn't have both a subject and a verb
a clause and a phrase have subjects but they don't have verbs
a clause and phrase are the same
Why do we need to understand phrases and clauses?
Because English teacher just loves to make life hard for you with her grammar lessons!
Because they will enhance your writing and give your writing some texture!
