Deck 11: Clauses and Sentence Types

Question 1

Which of the following is not a type of phrase?

A) prepositional
B) subordinating
C) participial
D) absolute

Answer 1

subordinating

Question 2

Which of the following options contains one word that is not an example of a preposition?

A) with; without; within
B) on; off; in; out
C) beside; between; begin; beneath
D) after; before; since; until

Answer 2

beside; between; begin; beneath

Question 3

Which of the following is not one of the things that an infinitive phrase can be in a sentence?

A) a main verb
B) an adjective
C) an adverb
D) a noun

Answer 3

a main verb

Question 4

Which of the following is not a function of a gerund phrase in a sentence?

A) direct object
B) subject
C) adverb describing a verb
D) object of a preposition

Question 5

A word group that renames or explains a noun or pronoun is called an ___________ phrase.

A) opposite
B) absolute
C) appositive
D) unessential

Question 6

Identify which option lists all of the prepositional phrases in the following sentence:
During the night I began to hear intense barking from the dogs in the yard behind our house.

A) to hear; from the dogs; in the yard; behind our house
B) from the dogs; in the yard; behind our house
C) During the night; from the dogs; in the yard; behind our house
D) During the night; to hear intense barking; from the dogs; in the yard; behind our house

Question 7

Identify which option lists all of the infinitive phrases in the following sentence:
To honor your request, I need to get some additional information from you; therefore, I am sending a form to you by mail.

A) To honor your request; to get some additional information from you
B) To honor; to get; to you
C) To honor your request; to get some additional information
D) to you by mail

Question 8

Identify which option lists all of the present participial phrases in the following sentences:
Working with practiced efficiency, the nurse quickly prepared three syringes. Seeing the three sharp instruments, the patient winced and then began whimpering to himself.

A) Working; practiced; prepared; seeing; winced; whimpering
B) Working with practiced efficiency; Seeing the three sharp instruments
C) Working with practiced efficiency; Seeing the three sharp instruments; whimpering
D) Working; seeing; whimpering

Question 9

Identify which option lists all of the past participial phrases in the following sentence:
The letter, written in 1943 by a local resident, claims that a UFO landed in the town square.

A) written; claims; landed
B) written in 1943; landed in the town square
C) written in 1943 by a local resident
D) written in 1943 by a local resident; landed in the town square

Question 10

Identify which option lists all of the gerund phrases in the following sentence:
According to my grandfather, having money isn't everything, but it's better than being broke.

A) having money; being broke
B) According to; everything
C) According to my grandfather; having money; being broke
D) having money isn't everything

Question 11

Identify which option lists all of the absolute phrases in the following sentence:
His face dripping with sweat, Jacoby bounced the tennis ball in preparation for his next serve.

A) dripping with sweat
B) bounced the tennis ball
C) in preparation for his next serve
D) His face dripping with sweat

Question 12

Identify which option lists all of the appositive phrases in the following sentence:
Henrietta Ropinsky, the third wife of the duke's brother, was reputed to be an extremely vain woman.

A) Henrietta Ropinsky
B) the third wife of the duke's brother
C) was reputed to be
D) an extremely vain woman

Question 13

Phrases must have a subject or a verb but not both.

Question 14

Preposition phrases begin with a preposition and end with a noun or pronoun.

Question 15

A phrase is a word group that contains both a subject and a verb.

Question 16

A prepositional phrase begins with a preposition and ends with a noun (or words working like a noun) or a pronoun.

Question 17

Prepositional phrases function as adjectives or adverbs in sentences.

Question 18

All prepositions are single words; prepositions cannot be made up of more than one word.

Question 19

Prepositions cannot be used for any other function.

Question 20

Although an infinitive begins with the word to, infinitive phrases are not the same thing as prepositional phrases.

Question 21

The preposition that is attached to a phrasal verb does not start an actual prepositional phrase. For example, in the command "Turn off the light," the words off the light do not make up a prepositional phrase.

Question 22

An infinitive can never be the main verb of a sentence.

Question 23

An infinitive phrase is made up of to, a base verb, and another word or phrase.

Question 24

Participial phrases are made up of either a present participle or a past participle plus another word or phrase.

Question 25

A participial phrase functions primarily as an adverb.

Question 26

Participial phrases can be considered either nonessential (in which case they are set off with commas) or essential (in which case they are not set off with commas).

Question 27

An -ing phrase that is used as a noun is a gerund phrase, not a participial phrase.

Question 28

When an -ing word is combined with a be helping verb to form one of the progressive tenses, that -ing word is not part of a participial phrase.

Question 29

A gerund is an -ing verbal that is used as a noun. A gerund phrase is made up of a gerund plus another word or phrase.

Question 30

A helpful tip for determining whether an -ing phrase is a gerund phrase or a participial phrase is to try replacing the -ing phrase with a pronoun.

Question 31

An absolute phrase is made up of a noun or pronoun plus a participial phrase; the absolute phrase modifies the whole sentence rather than just a single word.

Question 32

Most appositive phrases are essential to the sentence and should not be set off with commas.

Question 33

Appositive phrases usually immediately follow the noun or pronoun they are renaming, but on occasion they can be used effectively as sentence openers.

Question 34

Appositive phrases are made up of noun phrases; they cannot consist of gerunds or infinitives.

Question 35

If they are written correctly, the different types of phrases can stand alone as sentences.