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Exercise B3-6
Verbal phrases
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Each sentence has one verbal phrase. Indicate which word group is the verbal phrase, including any modifiers and objects.
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Example
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Correct. To defect to the West is an infinitive phrase. For more help, see section B3-b.
Sorry. The correct answer is the infinitive phrase to defect to the West. For more help, see section B3-b.
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Correct. Sent first class is a participial phrase modifying Letters. For more help, see section B3-b.
Sorry. The correct answer is sent first class, a participial phrase modifying Letters. For more help, see section B3-b.
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Correct. To read other people’s minds is an infinitive phrase. For more help, see section B3-b.
Sorry. The correct answer is the infinitive phrase to read other people’s minds. For more help, see section B3-b.
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Correct. Drinking alcohol during pregnancy is a gerund phrase functioning as the subject of the sentence. For more help, see section B3-b.
Sorry. The correct answer is the gerund phrase Drinking alcohol during pregnancy. To certain birth defects is a prepositional phrase, not a verbal phrase. For more help, see section B3-b.
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Correct. Crying for his mother is a gerund phrase functioning as the object of the verb could stop. For more help, see section B3-b.
Sorry. The correct answer is the gerund phrase crying for his mother. For more help, see section B3-b.
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Correct. To think clearly during a time of crisis is an infinitive phrase. For more help, see section B3-b.
Sorry. The correct answer is the infinitive phrase to think clearly during a time of crisis. For more help, see section B3-b.
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Correct. Orphaned by the disaster is a participial phrase modifying children. For more help, see section B3-b.
Sorry. The correct answer is the participial phrase orphaned by the disaster, which modifies children. By the disaster is a prepositional phrase. For more help, see section B3-b.
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Correct. Catching a fish is a gerund phrase functioning as the object of the preposition like. For more help, see section B3-b.
Sorry. The correct answer is the gerund phrase catching a fish. Than you estimate is a subordinate clause. For more help, see section B3-b.
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Correct. Frustrated in his career as a musician is a participial phrase modifying George. For more help, see section B3-b.
Sorry. The correct answer is the participial phrase Frustrated in his career as a musician, which modifies George. For more help, see section B3-b.
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Correct. To close our plant on the spot is an infinitive phrase. For more help, see section B3-b.
Sorry. The correct answer is the infinitive phrase to close our plant on the spot. On the spot is a prepositional phrase. For more help, see section B3-b.
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