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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved GerundsParticiple InfinitivePhrases Misc review Miscellaneous review 2 $100 $200 $300 $400 $500 Round 2 Final Jeopardy Scores

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $100 2 parts: A gerund can act as what? What does a gerund always end in? 2 parts: A gerund can act as what? What does a gerund always end in?

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $100 Subject, DO, IO, PN, OP Always ends in “ing” Subject, DO, IO, PN, OP Always ends in “ing” Scores

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $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. 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.

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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $300 Name the gerund and tell what it is acting as in the following sentence: From her mother, she learned balancing. Name the gerund and tell what it is acting as in the following sentence: From her mother, she learned balancing.

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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $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. Name the gerund phrase and tell what it is acting as in the following sentence: Horseback riding has many benefits for people with disabilities.

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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $500 Name the gerund phrase and tell what it is acting as in the following sentence: Cory’s hobby is reading mystery novels. Name the gerund phrase and tell what it is acting as in the following sentence: Cory’s hobby is reading mystery novels.

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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $100 2 Parts: A participle acts as what? What does a participle end in? 2 Parts: A participle acts as what? What does a participle end in?

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $100 Participles act as adjectives They end in – “ing”, “d or ed”, or change spelling Participles act as adjectives They end in – “ing”, “d or ed”, or change spelling Scores

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $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. 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.

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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $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? 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?

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $300 Chasing a squirrel - present Scores

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $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. 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.

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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $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. 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.

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $500 Scores Chosen - past

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $100 What is an infinitive?

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $100 Scores To + verb

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 Name the infinitive and infinitive phrase: Ringo the cat liked to nap indoors every morning. Name the infinitive and infinitive phrase: Ringo the cat liked to nap indoors every morning.

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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $300 Name the infinitive/infinitive phrase: To play outside was for afternoons. Name the infinitive/infinitive phrase: To play outside was for afternoons.

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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 Name the infinitive/infinitive phrase : Meowing, the cat went to the gas meter and began to dig. Name the infinitive/infinitive phrase : Meowing, the cat went to the gas meter and began to dig.

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

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved 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?

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $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. 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.

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $100 Scores Strolling around the neighborhood – gerund phrase subject Strolling around the neighborhood – gerund phrase subject

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $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. 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.

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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $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. 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.

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $300 Scores To swim with the family dogs Infinitive do To swim with the family dogs Infinitive do

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $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. 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.

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 Scores Grabbing Priscilla’s leash – participial phrase

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $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. 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.

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $500 Scores Pulling the 90-pound boy back to shore – gerund DO

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $100 What is the difference between a misplaced modifier and a dangling participle?

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $100 Scores Misplaced modifier is in the wrong place. Dangling participle has something missing from the sentence. Misplaced modifier is in the wrong place. Dangling participle has something missing from the sentence.

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 Where do you put punctuation in a quotation?

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 Scores Inside the quotation marks “That was fun!” Inside the quotation marks “That was fun!”

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $300 A preposition needs to be how many letters to be capitalized in a title? (if it’s not the first/last word)

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $300 Scores Five letters

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 What is the difference between a hyphen and a dash?

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 Scores A hyphen separates or connects words - a dash separates phrases or clauses

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $500 Fill in the following charts. You MUST put the helping verbs!!

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $500 Scores presentpast Present participle Past participle drink run lie lay sink bring

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $100 What type of sentence has 1 Ind. Clause and one or more Dep. clauses?

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $100 complex Scores

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 What type of conjunction starts a dependent clause?

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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $300 Name the coordinating conjunctions known as FANBOYS.

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $300 Scores For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 What is the question we should always ask ourselves when we are trying to determine if a verb is active or passive voice?

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 Scores Is the subject doing anything?

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $500 She has (lain, laid) the wreath on the door.

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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved Scores Verbals Final Jeopardy Question

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved 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. 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.

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