Parts of Speech & Phrases

Question 1

A small class of words distinguished by their function as connectors between words or phrases

Accepted Answer

conjunction

Question 2

The dog ran past the children quickly and looked everywhere for his favorite squeaky toy.

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pronoun

Question 3

Words used to identify any of a class of people, places, or things.

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noun

Question 4

The utterance of a word or phrase expressive of emotion; the uttering of an exclamation

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interjection

Question 5

A word governing a noun and expressing a relation to another word or element in the clause.

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preposition

Question 6

The dog ran past the children quickly and looked everywhere for his favorite squeaky toy

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preposition

Question 7

Identify the participle phrase: Bitten by the dog, the girl was injured.

Accepted Answer

bitten by the dog

Question 8

What is a gerund?

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form that is derived from a verb but functions as a noun

Question 9

How is a gerund different from a present participle phrase?

Accepted Answer

a gerund phrase will always function as a noun

Question 10

Multiple prepositional phrases include commas

Accepted Answer

true

Question 11

The dog ran past the children quickly and looked everywhere for his favorite squeaky toy.

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verb

Question 12

The dog ran past the children quickly and looked everywhere for his favorite squeaky toy.

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conjunction

Question 13

What is a participle phrase?

Accepted Answer

a verbal ending in -ing that functions as an adjective

Question 14

Identify the absolute phrase: Legs quivering, our old dog Gizmo dreamed of chasing squirrels.

Accepted Answer

Legs Quivering

Question 15

Participles are removable from the sentence.

Accepted Answer

true

Question 16

A word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence

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verb

Question 17

Any member of a small class of words that are used as replacements or substitutes for nouns.

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pronoun

Question 18

Absolute phrase? Haley, an aspiring comic book artist, is taking Anatomy this semester.

Accepted Answer

an aspiring comic book artist

Question 19

What questions do appositive phrases answer?

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who is he/she

Question 20

any member of a class of words that function as modifiers of verbs or clauses.

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adverb

Question 21

Absolute phrases sometimes begin with a possessive pronoun

Accepted Answer

true

Question 22

Gerunds show action, but act like nouns and verbs

Accepted Answer

true

Question 23

The dog ran past the children quickly and looked everywhere for his favorite squeaky toy.

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adjective

Question 24

gerund Eating ice cream on a windy day can be a messy experience if you have long, untamed hair

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eating ice cream on a windy day

Question 25

A word or phrase naming an attribute related to a noun to modify or describe it.

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adjective

Question 26

Absolute phrases are complete sentences

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False

Question 27

Identify the participle phrase: The poor deer was crying with pain.

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crying with pain

Question 28

What is the definition of an absolute phrase?

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A verbal that always begins with “to” plus a verb

Question 29

The dog ran past the children quickly and looked everywhere for his favorite squeaky toy.

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noun

Question 30

The dog ran past the children quickly and looked everywhere for his favorite squeaky toy.

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adverb

Question 31

What is a verbal?

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another term for an auxiliary verb

Question 32

Infinitive convey action

Accepted Answer

false

Question 33

ID the gerund Wild food adventures require getting your hair cut to a short, safe length.

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getting your hair cut to a short, safe length

Question 34

Absolute phrases sometimes begin with a possessive pronoun

Accepted Answer

true

Question 35

Participles are removable from the sentence.

Accepted Answer

true

Question 36

A more disastrous activity for girls is blowing giant bubble gum bubbles w the car windows down

Accepted Answer

blowing giant bubble gum bubbles with the car windows down

Parts of Speech & Phrases

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Parts of Speech & Phrases

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