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You must read each slide, and complete any questions on the slide, in sequence.
Exercise B3-5
Verbal phrases
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In the box following each sentence, list the verbal phrase(s) in the sentence. Tell whether each phrase is participial, gerund, or infinitive and how each is used in the sentence.
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Example
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Answer: Updating your software (gerund phrase used as subject)
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Answer: decreasing the town budget (gerund phrase used as object of the preposition in); identifying nonessential services (gerund phrase used as subject complement)
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Answer: to help her mother by raking the lawn (infinitive phrase used as direct object); raking the lawn (gerund phrase used as object of the preposition by)
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Answer: Understanding little (participial phrase modifying I ); passing my biology final (gerund phrase used as object of the preposition of )
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Answer: Working with animals (gerund phrase used as subject)