Re-Post: Phrases Study Guide

Here is a link to the phrases study guide:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_i4DDlfmOFiTFlmQVMzQUxfQ1E

The phrases final exam is tentatively scheduled for Monday, 6/12/17 -- the last week of school. It will be worth 200 points.

Today students are receiving this handout which is included here for your convenience:

Phrase Type	How to Recognize it:	Functions Just Like	Example:
PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE	preposition + (optional words) + noun Describes where (location) or when (time) a noun is located	an adjective describing a noun or pronoun	Within two minutes, or even less, he had forgotten all his troubles.
ADJECTIVE PHRASE	Describes a noun or pronoun	an adjective describing a noun or pronoun	A woman of fifty or so, plump with frizzy gray hair, came toward them.
ADVERB PHRASE	Often contains a word or words that end with –ly Answers a question: Whose? When? Where? Why? How? Which one? What kind? How many? or To What Extant?	an adverb describing a verb, an adjective, or another adverb	Now, cautiously and slowly, he got up.
APPOSITIVE PHRASE	“a” + verb “an” + verb or “the” + verb Answers a question about a people, places or things: Who is he?  Who is she?  Who are they?  What is it?  What are they?	an adjective describing a noun or pronoun	A bald little man, he reminded me of a baby bird.
ABSOLUTE PHRASE	Usually begins with a possessive pronoun (my, your, his, her, its, our, their, one) followed by a verb *TRICK:  You can transform an absolute phrase into a sentence simply by adding the word "was" or "were.”	an adjective describing a noun or pronoun	The skeleton I had uncovered lay curled on its side, [his] every bone neatly in place.
PARTICIPLE PHRASE	Begins with a verb form that ends with either “-ed” or “-ing” Modifies a noun or a pronoun	an adjective describing a noun or pronoun	Mounted on high-stepping horses, a pair of soldiers were advancing along the river road.
GERUND PHRASE	Begins with a verb form that ends with “-ing”	a noun (a person, place, thing, or idea)	Pushing the handcar up to the man’s house was tiring.
INFINITIVE PHRASE	“To” + verb	A noun, an adjective, or an adverb	At nine o’clock Earth started to explode, to catch fire, and to burn.