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Gerunds Participle Infinitive Phrases Misc review Miscellaneous review 2 Round 2 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 Final Jeopardy $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 Scores $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $500 $500 $500 $500 $500 $500

2 parts: A gerund can act as what? What does a gerund always end in? $100 2 parts: A gerund can act as what? What does a gerund always end in?

Subject, DO, IO, PN, OP Always ends in “ing” $100 Subject, DO, IO, PN, OP Always ends in “ing” Scores

After building her strength, she could walk with a little help. $200 Name the gerund and tell what it is acting as in the following sentence: After building her strength, she could walk with a little help.

$200 Building - OP Scores

From her mother, she learned balancing. $300 Name the gerund and tell what it is acting as in the following sentence: From her mother, she learned balancing.

$300 Balancing - DO Scores

$400 Name the gerund phrase and tell what it is acting as in the following sentence: Horseback riding has many benefits for people with disabilities.

Horseback riding - Subject $400 Horseback riding - Subject Scores

Cory’s hobby is reading mystery novels. $500 Name the gerund phrase and tell what it is acting as in the following sentence: Cory’s hobby is reading mystery novels.

Reading mystery novels - PN $500 Reading mystery novels - PN Scores

2 Parts: A participle acts as what? What does a participle end in? $100 2 Parts: A participle acts as what? What does a participle end in?

Participles act as adjectives $100 Participles act as adjectives They end in – “ing”, “d or ed”, or change spelling Scores

$200 Name the participle and tell whether it is present or past in the following sentence: In the finished commercial, the dog disappears right through the cabinet door.

$200 Finished - Past Scores

Have you seen the commercial that shows a dog chasing a squirrel? $300 Name the participle/participial phrase and tell whether it is present or past in the following sentence: Have you seen the commercial that shows a dog chasing a squirrel?

Chasing a squirrel - present $300 Chasing a squirrel - present Scores

$400 Name the participle/participial phrase and tell whether it is present or past in the following sentence: Staring at the door, the dog waited for the trainer to open it.

Staring at the door - dog $400 Staring at the door - dog Scores

The chosen dog earned a million dollars to star in that commercial. $500 Name the participle/participial phrase and tell whether it is present or past in the following sentence: The chosen dog earned a million dollars to star in that commercial.

$500 Chosen - past Scores

$100 What is an infinitive?

$100 To + verb Scores

$200 Name the infinitive and infinitive phrase: Ringo the cat liked to nap indoors every morning.

(To nap) indoors every morning - do $200 (To nap) indoors every morning - do Scores

To play outside was for afternoons. $300 Name the infinitive/infinitive phrase: To play outside was for afternoons.

(To play) outside - subject $300 (To play) outside - subject Scores

$400 Name the infinitive/infinitive phrase : To get an A, study your verbals tonight.

$400 To dig - do Scores

Daily Double

$500 Revise the following paragraph by substituting infinitives for the underlined words.

1. Having a dog or gerbil was out of the question for Duane Wright 1. Having a dog or gerbil was out of the question for Duane Wright. He had trouble breathing whenever he came in contact with fur. So he found Goliath, a female iguana. She seemed happy 2. while keeping Duane company. One night, Duane stopped breathing. With her sharp claws Goliath started scratching hard 3.with the hope of waking Duane. She also began 4. whipping his face with her scaly tail. Eventually, Duane began to breathe again. Who would believe that an iguana would come 5.around rescuing a man?

$100 Name verbal/verbal phrase, if it is gerund/participle/infinitive, and tell what it is functioning as in the following sentence: Strolling around the neighborhood pleased Priscilla, a three-month-old piglet.

Strolling around the neighborhood – $100 Strolling around the neighborhood – gerund phrase subject Scores

Walking, Victoria would wave to the neighbors. $200 Name verbal/verbal phrase, if it is gerund/participle/infinitive, and tell what it is functioning as in the following sentence: Walking, Victoria would wave to the neighbors.

walking – present participle $200 walking – present participle Scores

Priscilla was taught to swim with the family dogs. $300 Name verbal/verbal phrase, if it is gerund/participle/infinitive, and tell what it is functioning as in the following sentence: Priscilla was taught to swim with the family dogs.

To swim with the family dogs $300 To swim with the family dogs Infinitive do Scores

Grabbing Priscilla’s leash, the boy held on tightly. $400 Name verbal/verbal phrase, if it is gerund/participle/infinitive, and tell what it is functioning as in the following sentence: Grabbing Priscilla’s leash, the boy held on tightly.

Grabbing Priscilla’s leash – participial phrase $400 Grabbing Priscilla’s leash – participial phrase Scores

The 45-pound piglet began pulling the 90-pound boy back to shore. $500 Name verbal/verbal phrase, if it is gerund/participle/infinitive, and tell what it is functioning as in the following sentence: The 45-pound piglet began pulling the 90-pound boy back to shore.

Pulling the 90-pound boy back to shore – gerund DO $500 Pulling the 90-pound boy back to shore – gerund DO Scores

$100 What is the difference between a misplaced modifier and a dangling participle?

$100 Misplaced modifier is in the wrong place. Dangling participle has something missing from the sentence. Scores

Where do you put punctuation in a quotation? $200 Where do you put punctuation in a quotation?

Inside the quotation marks $200 Inside the quotation marks “That was fun!” Scores

$300 A preposition needs to be how many letters to be capitalized in a title? (if it’s not the first/last word)

$300 Five letters Scores

What is the difference between a hyphen and a dash? $400 What is the difference between a hyphen and a dash?

$400 A hyphen separates or connects words - a dash separates phrases or clauses Scores

Fill in the following charts. You MUST put the helping verbs!! $500 Fill in the following charts. You MUST put the helping verbs!!

$500 present past Present participle Past participle drink run lie lay sink bring Scores

What type of sentence has 1 Ind. Clause and one or more Dep. clauses? $100 What type of sentence has 1 Ind. Clause and one or more Dep. clauses?

$100 complex Scores

What type of conjunction starts a dependent clause? $200 What type of conjunction starts a dependent clause?

$200 subordinating Scores

Name the coordinating conjunctions known as FANBOYS. $300 Name the coordinating conjunctions known as FANBOYS.

$300 For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so Scores

$400 What is the question we should always ask ourselves when we are trying to determine if a verb is active or passive voice?

Is the subject doing anything? $400 Is the subject doing anything? Scores

She has (lain, laid) the wreath on the door. $500 She has (lain, laid) the wreath on the door.

$500 laid Scores

Final Jeopardy Question Verbals Final Jeopardy Question Scores

Find any/all verbals in the sentence and tell their function Frowning, the annoyed mom was telling her friend about giving her toddler a time out to learn a lesson.

Answers will vary Scores