Noun Phrase 1d
A
1. three very large pigs – numeral,
adjective phrase (adverb + adjective)
2. doctors ‘signatures – possessive,
noun.
3. a huge mahogany table – determiner,
adjective, descriptive noun, noun.
4.
their first year – determiner, numeral, noun
5. an old iron dustbin - determiner,
adjective, descriptive noun, noun.
6. a large rhubarb tart - determiner,
adjective, descriptive noun, noun.
7. Two-empty cardboard boxes – numeral,
adjective, descriptive noun, noun.
8. Some good ideas – quantifier,
adjective, noun.
9. Another stupid mistake - determiner,
adjective, noun.
10. What a brilliant idea! – predeterner,
determiner, adjective, noun.
11. Both those books - predeterner,
determiner, noun.
12. Ten green bottles - numeral,
adjective, noun.
13. such a gifted musician -
predeterner, determiner, adjective, noun.
14. The first six people – determiner,
numeral, numeral, noun.
B
1. a small green lizard –
complement of preposition.
2. a nice cup of tea. – direct
object.
3. A few seagulls – subject.
4. a smile - complement of
preposition.
5. the elephant - direct object.
6. our holiday photos - direct
object.
7. deputy managing director –
object complement.
8. deputy managing director -
subject complement.
9. their summer holiday - complement
of preposition.
10. Kim and Paul - indirect object.
11. pretty little white lace dresses
- direct object.
12. some very unsettled weather
- complement of preposition.
13. all the details. - direct
object.
14. a strange moaning noise outside.
- direct object.
Adjective Phrase 2d
A.
1. very sensible.
2. very good.
3. totally lost.
4. absolutely impervious.
5. completely covered.
6. very proud.
7. really surprised.
8. so calm.
9. extremely small.
10 utterly and completely
exhausted.
B.
1. There’s a small stone statue
in the garden.
2. Look at those beautiful
big brown cows!
3. Come and look at my new red
car.
4. She was carrying the
eggs in a square brown cardboard box.
5. I’ve got all their names
in my little black book.
6. That’s a copy of a famous
old Spanish painting.
7. Sue found a big green
caterpillar in her salad.
8. You do have some
ridiculous political ideas!
9. I bought a Peruvian
leather drum when I was on holiday there.
10. I’m very interested in
modern Chinese poetry.
11. They want to build a
new medical school in the town.
Verb Phrase 3d.
A.
1. I have visit my mother.
2. She have done the dishes.
3. They have gone to bed.
4. The police did arrest some of the
rioters.
5. Mrs. Jones have lost her keys
somewhere.
6. The leaves are falling from the
trees.
7. James has had a much-needed haircut.
8. You can go if you want.
9. You might fall off your bike.
10. We are catching the train.
11. Several trees has blown down in the
storm.
12. The tiles may blow off the roof.
B.
1. was – lexical verb (linking verb).
2. know – lexical verb
3. has – auxiliary verb
4. making – lexical verb
5. wagged – lexical verb; barked –
lexical verb
6. wondered – lexical verb; did –
auxiliary verb
7. be – lexical verb (linking verb).
8. Is – lexical verb (linking verb).
9. would – auxiliary verb; did –
auxiliary verb (the main verb is an implied ‘come’, i.e. ‘he said he would come
but he didn’t come’).
10. listen – lexical verb; am –
auxiliary verb
Adverb
Phrase 4d
1. We’ll be finished fairly soon.
2. Yes, she play the piano very well.
3. Yes, my mother recovered remarkably
quickly after her accident.
4. The company is doing very well at
the moment.
5. Yes, we need to finish this pretty
soon.
6. Yes, he did the job well enough.
7. Yes, the tide comes in incredibly
quickly round here.
8. Yes, it’s raining quite heavily.
9. You should have reacted much more
quickly.
10. Yes, the two of them played even
better the next day.
11. Yes, her parents were waiting
rather anxiously for her to come home.
12. Yes, Violet was driving far too
fast at the time of the
accident.
Prepositional Phrase 5d
A.
1. in silence – adjunct.
2. To their horror – disjunct; from his
grasp – adjunct.; to the floor – adjunct..
3. for a few minutes – adjunct; with
great interest – adjunct.
4. in front of me – modifying ‘man’.
5. off the shoulder – adjunct.
6. off-the-shoulder dress – modifying
‘dress’.
7. in the house – adjunct; on the
corner – modifying ‘house’; of the street – modifying ‘corner’.
8. in the least – modifying ‘not’
9. in a heap – adjunct (say how the
clothes were lying); on the floor – adjunct (say where the clothes were lying
10. in that pile – modifying ‘clothes’;
on the floor – modifying ‘pile’.
11. in my opinion – disjucnt.
12. at the same time – adjunct.
13. In that case – conjunct.
14. with a broken wing – modifying
‘bird’; in the garden – adjunct (say where the bird is).
B.
1. to his lips – adjunct.
2. to the general rule –
complement of exception.
3. on the bus – adjunct.
4. on the bus – modifying ‘man’.
5. at Tom’s behaviors –
complement of surprised
6. at full speed – adjunct.
7. at being kept waiting –
complement of pleased
8. about it – complement of
doubt.
9. behind them – modifying
‘noise’.
10. from neglect – complement of
suffered.
11. in that box – adjunct (but
remember that obligatory adverbials like this are often called complements)
12. with pride – complement of
glowing.
Verbal Phrase
Gerund Phrase
A.
1. sketching - direct object
2. Swimming - subject
3. No gerund - verb phrase: are singing
4. swimming - object of preposition,
about
5. Traveling - subject
6. fishing - predicate noun
painting - predicate noun
(these 2 are known as compound gerunds used as predicate nouns.)
painting - predicate noun
(these 2 are known as compound gerunds used as predicate nouns.)
7. relaxing - object of preposition,
for
(satisfying is a participle (adjective) modifying the noun, hobby)
(satisfying is a participle (adjective) modifying the noun, hobby)
8. walking - object of preposition, by
9. skating - predicate noun
10. visiting – subject
B.
1. encouraging teens - object of
preposition, of
2. Walking the path in the woods -
subject
3. Jim's disrupting behavior - direct
object
4. helping others in need - object of
preposition, of
5. singing tenor - direct object
6. singing in the local musical -
predicate noun (renames her dream)
7. having perfect attendance - object
of preposition, for
8. singing the song - direct object
9. mowing the lawn - direct object
10. Reading the classics – subject
Participle
Phrase
A.
1. blinking....light
2. blinding....storms
3. trained....guide
4. missing....piece
5. Tired....hikers
AND dehydrated....hikers
6. remaining....students
7. challenging....test
8. specialized....tools AND
plumbing....work
9. dried....food AND
camping....trip
10. leading....students
11. None - walking is part of the
verb phrase, was walking.
12. Stretching....Jim
13. None - was reading is a verb
phrase.
14. Working....Sarah
15. building....site
B.
1. Working in the lab....scientist
2. projected on a wall....pictures
3. moving (only a participle
here)....pictures
4. sealed in cans....food
5. Quickly frozen....food
6. Coming into the room....boy
7. searching for the code....Joe
8. packaged (only participle
here)....bakery
9. canned in tomato sauce....pork and
beans
10. Relaxing on his back patio....Jeff
C.
1. Swinging from the
trees
2. Swinging from the
tree
3. activated
by a remote switch
4. driven wild with anger
5. swinging
from the trees.
6. fearing being left
behind.
Infinitive
Phrase
A.
1. to land - modifies pronoun, one
2. to work - modifies noun, time
3. to cut - modifies pronoun, someone
4. to solve - modifies noun, way
5. to read - modifies noun, story
6. to make - modifies noun, plan
7. to please - modifies noun, talent
8. to win - modifies noun,
determination
9. to win - modifies noun, desire
10. to learn - modifies noun, eagerness
B.
1. to renew --answers "why?"
and modifies verb, wrote
2. to learn -- answers to what degree
or why eager -- modifies adjective, eager
3. to think -- answers "why?"
and modifies verb, have stopped
4. to buy -- answers "why?"
and modifies verb, am going
(Did you realize that "to the store" is a prepositional phrase and not an infinitive?)
(Did you realize that "to the store" is a prepositional phrase and not an infinitive?)
5. to read -- answers to what extent
hard -- modifies the adjective, hard
6. to see -- answers to what extent
easy -- modifies the adjective, easy
7. to get -- answers "when?"
and modifies the verb, uses
("to work" is a prepositional phrase since "work" in this sentence is a noun...the name of something.)
("to work" is a prepositional phrase since "work" in this sentence is a noun...the name of something.)
8. to ask -- answers "why?"
and modifies the verb, went
9. to warn -- answers "why?"
and modifies the verb, sounded
10. to give -- answers "why?"
and modifies the verb, painted.
C.
1. to read....direct object
2. to summarize....subject
3. to memorize....predicate noun
4. to study....direct object - AND - to
get....direct object
(to school is a prepositional phrase. Be careful!)
(to school is a prepositional phrase. Be careful!)
5. To persist.....subject
6. to jump....predicate noun
7. to find....predicate noun
8. to leave....object of preposition,
about
9. to see....direct object
10. to collect....predicate noun
11. to finish....object of preposition,
about
12. To hear....subject
13. to write....direct object
14. to contribute....direct object
15. to gaze....object of preposition,
except
D.
1. to stay....adjective....modifies choices
to go....adjective....modifies choices
to go....adjective....modifies choices
2. to warn them of the
problem....noun....direct object
3. to resign from the
position....noun....object of preposition, except
4. to tell the
truth....adverb....modifies the predicate adjective, afraid
5. to offer their
service....noun....direct object
6. to make
money....adjective....modifies noun, scheme
7. to rest....adverb....modifies verb, sat
(answers the question "why did I sit?")
8. to see a lawyer....noun....predicate
noun.
9. to buy some
supplies....adverb....modifies the verb, stopped (answers the
question "why did the scouts stop?")
10. to send the message to her
brother....noun....direct object
E.
1. I asked to see the records.
2. I asked him to show me the
records.
3. Trent expected his group to win.
4. Trent expected to win.
5. Brenda likes to drive fast.
6. Brenda likes her friend to drive
fast.
7. He reminded me to buy milk.
8. Their fathers advise them to
study.
9. She forced the defendant to admit
the truth.
10. You've convinced the director of
the program to change her position.
11. I invite you to consider the
evidence.
F.
1. to prevent the loss of our food
cache – infinitive phrase; noun phrase as appositive phrase
2. to continue on to Tuolumne
Meadows –
infinitive phrase; Adjective phrase
3. To watch the bear
toss our things around –
infinitive phrase; noun phrase
4. to signal our friends on Half Dome with a text message, – infinitive phrase; adverb phrase
5. To make mistake – infinitive phrase; noun phrase
6. To wait for people who were late – infinitive phrase; noun phrase
7. to retire at thirty – infinitive phrase; noun phrase
8. to get across the river without being seen
– infinitive phrase; noun phrase
9. to retire at thirty – infinitive phrase; adjective phrase
10. to get across the river without being seen.
– infinitive phrase; adjective phrase
11. jumping a chance. – gerund phrase; noun phrase.
12. playing in the
Grand Slam final at Wimbledon. – gerund phrase; noun phrase.
13. Babies crying in the night – gerund phrase; noun phrase.
14. frozen for over five years –
participle phrase; adjective phrase.
15. Burned on each side, the toast was
inedible.
16. Running marathons
– gerund phrase; noun phrase.
17. Reading books on the porch rocks! – participle phrase; adjective phrase.
18. Diagramming sentences is fun! – gerund phrase; noun phrase.
Appositive phrase
1. apple trees in blossom - noun phrase
2. an orphan who is forced to live
with relatives who detest him - noun phrase
3. my English teacher - noun phrase
4. Ulysses and The Glass Bead Game - noun phrase
Absolute Phrase
1.
Extra-curricular activities
demanding more and more of their attention
2.
their patience and schedules stretched to the limit
3. its
members encouraged by support from the religious community, and surprisingly,
the coaching community as well.
4.
the students
at the bus stop huddled under the scant shelter of the elms.
5. his hopes for a reconciliation dashed at last.
6.
Their own place established
7.
Immigrants having learned English
Adverbial
and Adjectival Phrase
1.
Last year – adverbial phrase; noun phrase.
2.
at the last minute – adverbial phrase; prepositional phrase.
1. last-minute – adjectival phrase; ; noun phrase.
2. 15th-century – adjectival phrase; ; noun phrase.
3. very slowly – adjectival phrase; ; adverb phrase.
4. good enough – adjectival phrase; ; adjective
phrase.
5. quite outstanding – adjectival phrase; ; adjective
phrase.
6. in 1874 – adverbial phrase; prepositional
phrase.
7. more useful – adjectival phrase; ; adjective
phrase.
8. on-the-job – adjectival phrase; prepositional
phrase.
9. incredibly deep – adjectival phrase; ; adjective
phrase.
10. completely pointless – adjectival phrase; ; adjective
phrase.
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