P3 Sentence Parts

P3 Sentence Parts

Focusing on sentence parts and their phrases

Appositive phrases are made up of the appositive (noun/pronoun that follows and gives more information about another noun/pronoun) and all its modifiers.

• Example: Michael, my brother, is a cop.

• brother = appositive

• my brother = appositive phrase

Fill in the Blank

Identify the appositive phrase of the following sentence by rewriting the entire phrase below.

My teacher, Ms. Hilliard, is tall.

Multiple Choice

What is the appositive phrase of the following sentence?

A tennis player, Rob practiced his swing with every chance he got.

• a tennis player

• Rob practiced

• with every chance

• he got

Prepositional phrases are a group of words beginning with a preposition and ending with a noun/pronoun.

• Example: He turned on the light.

• on = preposition

• on the light = prepositional phrase

Multiple Choice

How many prepositional phrases are in the following sentence?

He turned off the light in my room.

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Infinitive phrases is an infinitive (to+verb) and any modifiers or objects.

• Example: We have to eat our sandwich in the lunchroom.

• to eat = infinitive

• to eat our sandwich = infinitive phrase (sandwich is the object of the phrase)

Multiple Choice

What is the object of the infinitive phrase in the following sentence?

We have to talk to the principal.

• we

• to talk

• principal

• to the

Gerund phrases are gerunds (verb+ing) plus its modifiers and objects.

• Example: Quickly eating shellfish is a bad idea.

• eating = gerund

• quickly eating shellfish = gerund phrase (quickly is a modifier and shellfish is the object)

Fill in the Blank

Identify the gerund phrase of the following sentence by rewriting the entire phrase.

The contractor built a building on Mayberry Street.

Participle phrases are participles (verb+ing or ed) plus its modifiers and objects.

• Example: I need my running shoes.

• running = participle

• my running shoes = participle phrase (my is a modifier and shoes is the object)

Fill in the Blank

Identify the participle phrase of the following sentence by rewriting the entire participle phrase below.

I like running the mile.