English Grammar Quiz 3

VERBAL PHRASES: In the first blank, identify the italicized phrases as PART (participial), GER (gerund), or INF (infinitive). In the second blank, write ADJ if the phrase is used as an adjective and ADV if used as an adverb. If the phrase is used as a noun, instead of writing N in the blank, write the function: S (subject), DO (direct object), PN (predicate nominative), OP (object of preposition), or AP (appositive).

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𝘛𝘩𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳, he tried desperately to keep from going over the waterfall.

PART, ADJ

Mary did an excellent job of 𝘸𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘋𝘢𝘥'𝘴 𝘣𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘥𝘢𝘺.

GER, OP

Her summer job, 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵 𝘢 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘱 𝘪𝘯 𝘈𝘳𝘪𝘻𝘰𝘯𝘢, was very rewarding.

GER, AP

𝘗𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘢𝘨𝘦 can be very helpful in sharpening one's eye for hitting a baseball.

GER, S

𝘑𝘰𝘨𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘥𝘢𝘺, Hank hoped to condition himself for next year's track team.

PART, ADJ

The family, 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘶𝘨𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴, was finally able to make a down payment on a home.

PART, ADJ

𝘛𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘮, one should study the material over a period of several days.

INF, ADV

One purpose of Bible reading is 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘰𝘯𝘦'𝘴 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘦.

INF, PN

Melinda greatly enjoys 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦 𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴.

GER, DO

After dinner, we decided 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘣𝘰𝘢𝘵 𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘪 𝘙𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳.

INF, DO