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Grammar packet #9
DIRECTIONS: (1) Put parentheses around any participial phrases (2) draw an arrow to the noun
or noun phrase that it modifies.
1. High school produces few students truly prepared for
the zombie apocalypse.
2. There the zombie was chillin’ like a villain.
3. Annoyed by his languid pace, the soccer coach cut the
zombie from the varsity team.
4. The zombie had many, many
Cookie? No
thanks, I’m
stuffed.
human heads stuffed inside
the recesses of his refrigerator.
5. Sated by a steady diet of
delicious brains, the zombie
turned down the oatmeal cookie.
Gerund Phrase
A gerund phrase consists of a gerund together with its complements and
modifiers, all of which act together as a noun.
Example:
Gerund Phrase
(subject)
(Eating delicious brains) pleases the zombie.
Eating delicious brains is a gerund phrase.
(the subject of the sentence).
It functions as a noun phrase
Gerund Phrase
(direct object)
Zombies dislike (running quickly after the living).
Running quickly after the living is a gerund phrase. It functions as a
noun phrase (the direct object of the sentence). Notice there is a
prepositional phrase embedded within the gerund phrase.
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Gerund Phrase
(object of the prepositional phrase)
The zombie avoided detection [by (hiding in the dumpster)].
Prepositional Phrase
Hiding in the dumpster is a gerund phrase.
(the object of a prepositional phrase).
It functions as a noun phrase
DIRECTIONS: (1) Put parentheses around the gerund phrases (2) label the phrase as subject
(SUBJ), direct object (DO), or object of a prepositional phrase (OBJ).
6. Running through the hallway is not the zombie way.
7. The zombie disliked gnawing on the tasteless bone,
but persisted nonetheless.
8. The zombie learned to read
Me tired of
grammar
sentences.
by watching Sesame Street.
9. The zombie made his fortune by
investing in Hallmark Greeting
cards.
10. The point of chasing humans is to partake
of their fleshy goodness.
Infinitive Phrase
An infinitive phrase consists of an infinitive together with its
complements and modifiers.
Example:
Infinitive Phrase
(subject)
(To eat nothing but brains) is a recipe for tooth decay.
To eat nothing but brains is an infinitive phrase functioning as a noun
phrase (the subject of the sentence).
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Infinitive Phrase
(direct object)
She wants (to be the prettiest zombie of them all).
To be the prettiest zombie of them all is an infinitive phrase functioning
as a noun phrase (the direct object of the sentence).
Infinitive Phrase
(adverbial)
That kind of shinbone is hard (to digest rapidly).
To digest rapidly is an infinitive phrase functioning as an adverbial
(modifying the adjective hard).
DIRECTIONS: (1) Put parentheses around the infinitive phrases (2) label the phrase as a noun
phrase (NP), adjectival (ADJ), or adverbial (ADV).
11. To ignore the spreading zombie plague would be most
unwise.
12. The zombie’s class work was enough to convince me of
her severe mental deficiencies.
13. He has many ways to stop
the angry zombie horde.
Me work
hard to look
this good.
14. His unenviable job was
to cut and style the zombie’s
impressive hair-do.
15. To hoard food and water in
zombie-proof bunkers would be a
prudent course of action.
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DIRECTIONS: Label any participles or participial phrases (PART), gerunds or gerund phrases
(GER), or infinitive or infinitive phrases (INF). Phrases are labeled with parentheses; phrases
within phrases are labeled with brackets. Then label each as a noun (N), adjective (ADJ), or
adverb (ADV). You do not have to draw arrows.
1. Far, far in the future, the threat of ecological
collapse looms, occasioned by a shortage of aludium
fozdex (the elusive shaving cream atom).
2. To stave off this catastrophe, Dr. I.Q. Hi calls on
the services of Duck Dodgers (in the 24 1/2 century).
3. Planet X, hidden in the deepest, darkest recesses of
inter-planetary space, is the only known supply of
aludium fozdex.
4. Stuttering and stammering along for the ride is eager
young space cadet Porky.
5. Upon arriving, however, the intrepid duo discover
other interested parties inhabiting the criss-crossed
terrain of Planet X.
6. For Dodgers, a disintegration-proof vest proves
somewhat less than useful in the face of the rays
emanating from Marvin the Martian's peculiar pistol.
7. To re-integrate the atomized Duck, eager
young space cadet Porky uses an Acme
Integrating Pistol.
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8. Getting the drop on Marvin with his disintegrating
pistol, Dodgers threatens the diminutive Martian with
imminent doom.
9. Acme disintegrating pistols, however, work a little
too well, becoming themselves the object of
disintegration.
10. Irritated by a barrage of Martian laser blasts, the
daring duck uses his secret weapon.
11. Unbeknownst to him, his diminutive foe also possesses
a multi-pronged detonating device.
12. To run from danger, however, is not Dodger's style.
13. Emboldened by a daring born of his own innate
stupidity, Dodgers pulls the fateful lever, blowing
the planet into aludiumized bits.
14. Post-detonation, the shrunken orb is now too small
for its claimants to share the shaving cream bounty.
15. Though claimed in the name of the Earth, Planet X is
no longer such a bi-bi-big deal.
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