Phrases WS

Phrases Worksheet
1. What is the underlined portion of the sentence called?

Ms. Fukuyama, fierce mama bear of the Imperials, gets ready to teach AP Human Geography.
a. Participial Phrase
b. Absolute Phrase
c. Appositive
d. Dependent Clause
2. What phrase is underlined in the following sentence?

Listening to music with her headphones, Ms. Norberg planned her lesson for today.
a. Participial Phrase
b. Absolute Phrase
c. Appositive
d. Dependent Clause
3. What phrase is underlined in the following sentence?
Feet kicking, hands flailing, the boy who didn't know how to swim screamed out for help from the
river.
a. Participial Phrases
b. Absolute Phrases
c. Appositives
d. Dependent Clauses
4. Read the sentence.
The cow standing in the meadow chewed contentedly on grass.
What is the participial phrase, and which word does it modify?

a. standing in the meadow; modifies cow
b. on grass; modifies chewed
c. in the meadow; modifies standing
d. chewed contentedly; modifies cow
5. Select the correctly punctuated absolute phrase from the drop-down menu to add it to the sentence.
__________________ Señora Alvarez waited excitedly for her guests to arrive.

a. Her house bedecked in garlands of flowers,
b. , her house bedecked in garlands of flowers.
c. , her house bedecked in garlands of flowers
d. Her house bedecked in garlands of flowers
6. In what position is the absolute phrase in the sentence below?
Eyes staring at the floor, the team hung their heads in defeat.
a. closer
b. opener
c. interrupter
d. none of the above
7. Identify the participial phrase.
Running through the dark streets, the man, a known criminal, tried to get away, his feet pounding on the
concrete.
a. a known criminal
b. his feet pounding on the concrete
c. running through the dark streets
d. through the dark streets
8. Identify the appositive.
Running through the dark streets, the man, a known criminal, tried to get away, his feet pounding on the
concrete.
a. running through the dark streets
b. a known criminal
c. his feet pounding on the concrete
d. through the dark streets
9. Where would you put comma(s) in the sentence below?
Eyes darting heart racing he stepped into the dark room.

a. after darting
b. after racing
c. after stepped
d. after darting and racing
10. Identify the gerund phrase: Increasing funding to the National School Lunch Program will only
create a larger junk-food distribution system.
a. Increasing funding
b. Increasing funding to the National School Lunch Program
c. Increasing
d.Increasing funding to the National School Lunch Program will only
11. Is this a gerund phrase? Hoping to earn a decent grade, I studied with my best friend each night after
practice.
Yes
No
12. Is this a gerund phrase? Having witnessed such ridiculous bickering by their children, the parents
threw up their hands and walked out of the room.
yes
No
13. Is this a gerund phrase? Avoiding the area where she slipped allowed her to bump into the cute boy
from her Chemistry class.
Yes
No
14. What is the infinitive/infinitive phrase in the following sentence?

After Bobby fell to the ground, he needed to go to the hospital.
a. Bobby fell
b. to the ground
c. to go
d. to the hospital
15. Add an infinitive phrase to the following sentence:
April bought eighty lottery tickets __________________.
a. with the hopes of winning.
b. at the local convenience store.
c. and gave them to her grandmother.
d. to increase her chances of winning.
16. In the following sentence, what purpose does the infinitive phrase serve?
The house to visit at Halloween is the one on the corner that hands out full-sized candy bars.
a. subject
b. direct object
c. adjective
d. adverb
17. Which of the following is NOT an example of an infinitive?
a. I went to the store to buy new pants.
b. Joe prefers to take his time on tests to increase his chances of success.
c. I went to the store to buy new pants.
d. Joe prefers to take his time on tests to increase his chances of success.
18. The car was made in 2009. It is a Toyota. It is red. It belongs to Joe.
a. Joe’s a 2009 Toyota red, that's his car
b. the car that belongs to Joe, a 2009 Toyota, is red
c. Joe’s car, a 2009 Toyota is red.
d. Joe’s car, a 2009 Toyota, is red.
19. The girl is little. She is cute. She is also very smart. Her name is Mary
a. a cute little girl, mary, is also very smart.
b. A cute little girl, Mary is also very smart.
c. Mary, a cute little girl, is also very smart.
d. Mary, a cute little girl; is also very smart.
20. The museum is in Paris. It is called the Louvre. It has many famous paintings.
a. A Paris museum, The Louvre, has many famous paintings.
b. The Louvre, a Paris museum, has many famous paintings.
c. A Paris museum, that is, the Louvre has many famous paintings.
d. The Louvre, a museum in Paris has many famous paintings.

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Phrases Worksheet

1. What is the underlined portion of the sentence called?

2. What phrase is underlined in the following sentence?

What is the participial phrase, and which word does it modify?

__________________ Señora Alvarez waited excitedly for her guests to arrive.

6. In what position is the absolute phrase in the sentence below?

Eyes darting heart racing he stepped into the dark room.

14. What is the infinitive/infinitive phrase in the following sentence?

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