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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
1 of 10
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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2 of 10
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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3 of 10
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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4 of 10
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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5 of 10
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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6 of 10
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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7 of 10
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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8 of 10
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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9 of 10
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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10 of 10
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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