Phrases Review

Which book? The one on the bathroom floor?

Some older people have not learned to turn a computer on.

We ran inside to get out of the pouring rain.

Holding the torch steadily, Jenny approached the dark cave.

The gentle pattering of the rain was a welcome sound.

That would be a great cave to explore.

a verb form that can be used as a noun, an adjective, or an adverb. Most begin with to.

The dancers, members of Mrs. Brown's class, leaped and twirled through the audience.

That newspaper blowing all over the yard is making a huge mess.

The wrecked sailboat washed up on shore.

The insect, a cockroach, is crawling across the table.

A word that comes before a noun or a pronoun, and shows relationship, direction, position, or location.

To study after the test is a little backwards.

A broken heart will heal over time.

She moved to Castleberry, the capital of New York.

Crying will not get you anywhere.

She moved to Albany, the capital of New York.

noun or pronoun placed beside another noun or pronoun to identify or describe it

To say really mean things to people isn't very nice.

Alaska, the largest state in the U.S., is north of the other 48 contiguous states.

We hope to climb the mountain by nightfall.

Do we get any credit for guessing?

To study after the test is a little backwards.

My favorite part of the show was his juggling.

verb form that can be used as an adjective. Includes past and present tenses.

Her teacher, Mrs. Brooke, assigned twenty math problems for homework.

We are eager to finish this project.

verb form ending in –ing that is used as a noun