1. PHRASES & CLAUSES REVIEW

2. ENTRY TASK: Read and review Appositive – a noun phrase that renames another noun right beside it. The insect, a cockroach, crawled across the table. Prepositional Phrase – begins with a preposition and ends with its object. The book on the shelf belongs to James. Infinitive Phrase – begins with “to” + verb, plus any modifiers. Janice and her friends went to the mall to flirt with the cute guys. Participial Phrase – begins with a verb, plus any modifiers. Acts like an ADJECTIVE. The horse trotting up to the fence hopes that you have an apple or carrot. Gerund Phrase – includes noun made from a verb by adding "- ing” and its modifiers. Acts like a NOUN. Eating too many blackberries will make you ill.

3. CLAUSES Independent = subject + verb CAN stand alone as a complete sentence. I like coconut macaroons. Dependent = subject + verb CANNOT stand alone as a complete sentence. which you gave me last week

4. PHRASES & CLAUSES Identify the underlined part of the sentences…Ready? Set? Go!

5. At summer camp, Arnie sighted a large animal, a water buffalo, grazing in the woods.

6. An officer ticketed Grandpa for driving without tires.

7. Pretending he was a walrus, Elroy stuck French fries up his nose.

8. To avoid calling attention to himself, Rutherford sometimes wears a paper sack over his head.

9. Only heartless jerks feed beef jerky to poor toothless turkeys

10. Bobbing for lobsters is a fun, but painful, party game.

11. People with tiny teeth have problems eating tough cookies.

12. Dotty was alarmed to find a whisker on her hot dog.

13. Little Wilbur threw a tantrum on his birthday because he wanted creamed corn instead of cake

14. Fabio bought a commemorative stamp that celebrates the first postal stamp.

15. For some reason, porcupines often have bonding issues.

16. “Is it true that baboons eat ticks?” asked Rick.