So I see this is your first post and you will probably never return, but I thought I would attempt this and learn something new
Q. What is the complete subject and the complete predicate of the following sentences:
The
complete subject includes all words that tell
who or
what the subject is.
The
complete predicate includes all words that state the
action or
condition of the subject
1.
Here is the tennis racket he used when he won the tennis match.
2.
He was wearing green shorts, a blue palid shirt, and white socks.
3.
The tennis racket, balls, a towel, and dirty clothes littered the floor of his room.
Q. What is the gerund, participial, and infinitive phrases of the following sentences? Then indicate the gerund phrase, infinitive phrase, or participial phrase
These are the three types of verbal phrases. The term verbal indicates the phrase is based on a verb and therefore expresses action or a state of being.
- A
gerund is a verbal that ends in
–ing. This behaves as a noun.
- An
infinitive will almost always begin with
to followed by the simple form of the verb.
- A
participle phrase will begin with a present or past participle. If the participle is present, it will end in -ing, whereas a regular past participle will end in -ed. These always act as adjectives.
1.
Getting into college was Beth's first goal toward a successful career.
2. She needed
to study diligently
3.
Knowing she shouldn't, Beth went out with friends before a big test. (Don't mistake knowing for a gerund - this acts as an adjective describing the noun,
Beth.)
Q. What is the prepositional phrases in the following sentence and appositive phrases?
A
prepositional phrase will begin with a preposition and end with a noun, pronoun, gerund, or clause. There may be multiple modifiers in between. These may function as adjectives or adverbs. As an adjective, the prepositional phrase will answer the question
Which one? As an adverb, a prepositional phrase will answer questions such as
How? When? or Where? Remember that a prepositional phrase will never contain the subject of a sentence.
An
appositive is a noun or noun phrase that renames another noun right beside it. This is always separated from the rest of the sentence with commas.
1.
On the way to the train station [where?], we saw a man walking a large, furry dog.
2. The dog,
a husky [rename dog], watched everything, but stayed at
the man's side [where?].
3. Siberian huskies,
a breed of working dog[What?] [rename Siberian huskies], often have blue eyes.
4. Having one blue and one brown eye is also common for
the breed [what?].
5. In my imagination, I could see myself on a sled winning the Iditarod,
an Alaskan dogsled race [rename Iditarod], with a team of
blue-eyed huskies [which one?].
I'm not sure if this is 100% correct so I am open to corrections.