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Grammar text p.
138-140 ex. 3 and 4
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Grammar text p.
137
Exercises 2
The Phrase
What Is a Phrase?
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Phrase – a group of words that is used as a
single part of speech and that does not contain
both a subject and verb.
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Examples:
– Verb Phrase: could have been hiding [NO Subject]
– Prepositional Phrase: over the river [No Subject or Verb]
– Infinitive Phrase: to go with them [No Subject or Verb]
Prepositional Phrases
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Prepositional Phrase – includes a
preposition, a noun or pronoun called the
object of the preposition.
Examples:
1. The dish is filled with raw carrots and celery.
Preposition- with
OP- carrots/ celery
The Adjective Phrase
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Adjective Phrase – a prepositional phrase
that modifies (describe) a NOUN or
PRONOUN.
EX: Judy Blume is a talented author of children’s
books.
EX: Mr. Smith is the one on the left.
Hint: Adjective phrases usually follow the word it
modifies.
Adjective Phrases answer questions that
adjectives answer
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What kind?
The store with the neon sign is open.
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Which one?
I downloaded the song by Alicia Keys
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How many? and How much? also
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An adjective phrase may also modify the
object in another adjective phrase:
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Example:
 A majority of the mammals in the world
sleep during the day.
○ Two Prep Phrases
 1- of the mammals- modifies majority
 2- in the world- modifies mammals
March 8, 2011
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Homework
Grammar text
pages 142-143 ex 7
and Review A
Vocabulary
workbook page
128
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Journal Entry
What does Lent mean
to you? What are
you doing this Lent
season?
The Adverb Phrase
Adverb Phrase – a prepositional phrase
that modifies a verb, adjective, or adverb.
 Adverb phrases answer the same
questions that single word adverb
answers: When? Where? How? Why?
How often? How long? To what extent?
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EX: The snow fell throughout the day.
Adverb Phrases: Hints
Adverb phrases may appear anywhere in
the sentence
EX: At dusk, we went inside to eat dinner.
We went inside at dusk to eat dinner.
We went inside to eat dinner at dusk.
Adverb Phrases: Hints
 More
than one adverb phrase may
modify the same word:
 Mr. White drove for hours through
the snow storm.
 Both adverb phrases
 for hours / through the snow storm
modify the verb drove
March 7, 2012
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text  Grammar
page 145-146
text page
ex 9 and 10
141 exercise
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pg 129
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on Friday!!
Verbal
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Verbal – a word that is formed from a
verb but used as a noun, an adjective, or
an adverb.
Types of Verbals:
1. Participle
2. Infinitive
Participle
Participle – a verb form that can be used
as an adjective.
 There are two kinds of participles:
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 Present Participles
 Past Participles
Present participle
Present Participle: a verb form that can be
used as an adjective, end in –ing
EX: Chasing the cat, the dog ran down the
street.
EX: Mr. Sanchez rescued three people from
the burning building.
Past Participle
Past Participle – a verb form that can be
used as an adjective, formed by adding –
d or –ed. (some are formed irregularly)
EX: The police officers searched the
abandoned house.
EX: We skated on the frozen pond.
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March 10, 2011
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Grammar pg 146
exercise 10
Vocabulary pg 130
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pg 134
and pg 141
exercise 6
IRT March 29th
“Oh Broom Get to Work” pg
383
“The Scholarship Jacket”
pg 451
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The Participial Phrase
Participial Phrase – consists of a participle
and any modifiers or complements the
participle has. The entire phrase is used
as an adjective.
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Seeing itself in the mirror, the duck
seemed quite bewildered.
Seeing itself in the mirror
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Seeing itself in the mirror, the duck
seemed quite bewildered.
Seeing itself in the mirror
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After a while we heard the duck quacking
noisily at its own image.
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Quacking noisily at its own image
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Then, disgusted with the other duck, it
pecked the mirror.
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Disgusted with the other duck
More Examples
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Stretching slowly, the cat jumped down from
the windowsill.
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(The Participial Phrase [stretching slowly] modifies
cat.)
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The tornado predicted by the meteorologist
did not hit our area.
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(The whole phrase [predicted by the
meteorologist]modifies tornado. )
March 8, 2012
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Grammar Text page
149-150 ex 12 and 13
Vocabulary Unit 11 you
OWN definitions Quiz
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Grammar pg 145
exercise 8. Set it
up exactly the way
exercise 9 is set
up.
The Infinitive
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Infinitive – a verb form that can be used as a
noun, adjective, or adverb. Most infinitives
begin with to.
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As a Noun:
To succeed is my goal.
To succeed=infinitive and is the subject
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As an Adjective:
The place to meet tomorrow is the library.
To meet= infinitive and it modifies the noun place
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As an Adverb:
Tamara claims she was born to surf.
To surf =infinitive and it modifies the verb born
Be Careful
Don’t mistake prepositional phrases for
infinitives:
 KEY: to + noun/ pronoun= Prep Phrase
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to + verb= Infinitive
Example:
 I am going to the mall today.
 to the mall = Prep Phrase
 I am going to shop for a new Snuggie.
 to shop = infinitive
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The Infinitive Phrase
Infinitive Phrase – consists of an infinitive and
any modifiers or complements the infinitive
has.(including prepositional phrases) The entire
phrase may be used as a noun, adjective, or
adverb.
 Ex 1: To be a good gymnast takes hard work.
 To be a good gymnast=Infinitive phrase. It is
used as a NOUN. to be has a complement, a
good gymnast).
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Examples of Infinitive Phrases
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Ex 1: To be a good gymnast takes hard work.
To be a good gymnast=Infinitive phrase. It is used as a
NOUN. to be has a complement, a good gymnast).
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Ex 2: The first person to fly over both the North Pole and
the South Pole was Richard Byrd
To fly over both the North Pole and the South
Pole=Infinitive phrase. It is used as an adjective
modifying person.
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Ex 3: Are you ready to go to the gym now?
To go to the gym now= infinitive phrase. It is used as an
adverb modifying the adjective ready. to go is modified
by the prep. phrase to the gym and by the adverb now).
March 12, 2012
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Spelling Unit 14 three
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Grammar worksheet
Grammar pg154 #31-40
Phrase Summary
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3 TYPES
– Prepositional Phrases
Adjective phrases- prep phrases that modify
nouns/ pronouns
Adverb Phrases- prep phrases that modify
adjectives, verbs or other adverbs.
– Verbal Phrase
Participial- end in ing, d, or ed and act as
adjectives
– Infinitive Phrase
Infinitive – to + verb form, acts as an adj, adv,
or noun
March 13, 2012
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Spelling pg 111
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Spelling pg 110
March 14, 2012
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Spelling pg 112
Grammar text pg 134135 #1-20
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