CHAPTER 5 REVIEW

Chapter 5 Review: A. Part One: Prepositional, Adjective and Adverb Phrases I. Prepositional Phrases: Identify the prepositional phrases in each of the following sentences: 1. Many different people contributed their talents to the project. 2. May Ying Lin, a college student, designed the memorial that now stands in Washington, D.C. 3. This picture shows the V-shaped, black granite wall that was built from Lin’s design. 4. A glass company from Memphis, Tennessee, engraved each name on the shiny granite. 5. Now the names of those who died in Vietnam will never be forgotten by the American people.  

II. Adjective Phrases: Identify the adjective phrase in each of the following sentences, and draw an arrow to each word that each phrase modifies. 6. The year after their marriage another scientist discovered natural radioactivity. 7. The Curies began researching the radioactivity of certain substances. 8. Their theories about a new element were proven to be true. 9. Their research on the mineral pitchblende uncovered a new radioactive element, radium. 10. In 1903, the Curies and another scientist shared the Nobel Prize for their discovery.

III. Adverb Phrases: Identify the adverb phrase in each of the following sentences. Then draw an arrow to the word each phrase modifies. 11. When he was only a baby, Pecos Bill fell into the Pecos River. 12. His parents searched for him but couldn’t find him. 13. He was saved by coyotes, which raised him. 14. He thought for many years that he was a coyote. 15. After a long argument, a cowboy convinced Bill that he was not a coyote.

B. Part Two: Verbal Phrases—Gerund, Participial, and Infinitive Phrases IV. Underline the gerund phrase and then on each line tell how the entire phrase is used in the sentence: subject, direct object, predicate noun or object of the preposition.  __16. There are few people who question the benefits of encouraging teens. __17. Walking the path in the woods is good exercise. __18. The teacher ended Jim's disrupting behavior. __19. We should teach our children the necessity of helping others in need. __20. You should try singing tenor.

V. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentences: 21. He worked hard, filling his journals with sketches like the ones on this page for a movable bridge. 22. The solutions reached in his journals often helped Leonardo when he created his artworks. 23. He used the hands sketched in the journals as models when he painted the hands in the Mona Lisa. 24. Painting on a large wall, Leonardo created The Last Supper. 25. Leonardo, experimenting continually, had little time to paint in his later years.

IV. Identify the infinitive phrase in the following sentences: 26. To hike in the mountains was my favorite thing to do. 27. My sisters wanted to visit Nashville. 28. The best room to use for the spring dance is the large ballroom. 29. I wanted to watch the Super Bowl, but I wrote my science report instead. 30. To skate around the neighborhood was Amy’s favorite pastime.