a. prepositional phrase e. infinitive phrase
b. appositive phrase f. absolute phrase
c. participial phrase
d. gerund phrase
The Pilgrims, members of a Protestant group "within the Church of England" who demanded reforms in doctrine and worship,sought religious freedom in America.
"The exterior walls exposed to the ocean's unrelenting salt spray,"
the Pilgrims' homes turned a beautiful silver-gray.
Many collectors try "to acquire stamps in special areas".
a. subject
b. adjective
c. adverb
d. predicate nominative
e. direct object
Some people prefer "collecting coins".
Select the letter of the choice that correctly identifies how the
word or phrase in quotes is used in the following sentence:
Many residents of Hawaii work in "fishing" and "weaving".
a. subject
b. direct object
c. predicate nominative
d. object of a preposition
One of many recreational activities that can be enjoyed in Hawaii
is "swimming in the clear blue sea".
a. subject
b. direct object
c. predicate nominative
d. object of a preposition
i dont quite understand it, I know that the first one might be A because its beginning with a noun
Are the two successive prepositional phrases within and of?
So the second one would be B appositive? Because its separated with commas and it gives additional information.
It would really have helped if you had numbered these. Is this the second one?
"The exterior walls exposed to the ocean's unrelenting salt spray,"
the Pilgrims' homes turned a beautiful silver-gray.
yes, sorry about that.
That's a very poorly written sentence. I truly don't know what to make of it as it is! Better construction would be this:
Because the exterior walls were exposed to the ocean's unrelenting salt spray, the Pilgrims' homes turned a beautiful silver-gray.
Then you'd have an introductory adverbial clause plus the main clause. But I really don't know what to say about it as it's written.
In the first sentence, "members of a Protestant group 'within the Church of England' who demanded reforms in doctrine and worship" is an appositive phrase. To identify this, we can focus on the description that follows the noun "Pilgrims." This appositive phrase provides additional information about the Pilgrims and is set off by commas.
In the second sentence, "'The exterior walls exposed to the ocean's unrelenting salt spray'" is an absolute phrase. An absolute phrase is a combination of a noun or pronoun with a participle and any accompanying modifiers. In this case, "the exterior walls" is the noun phrase, and "exposed to the ocean's unrelenting salt spray" is the participle phrase that modifies it. The absolute phrase is set off by commas.
In the third sentence, "'to acquire stamps in special areas'" is an infinitive phrase. An infinitive phrase consists of an infinitive verb (in this case, "to acquire") and any accompanying modifiers or complements. This phrase functions as the direct object of the verb "try."
For the fourth sentence, "collecting coins" is a gerund phrase. A gerund is a verb form that functions as a noun. In this case, "collecting" is the gerund and it acts as the direct object of the verb "prefer."
Now, let's move on to the second set of questions.
In the sentence "Many residents of Hawaii work in 'fishing' and 'weaving'," the word or phrase in quotes is used as the object of a preposition. The preposition "in" is followed by the gerunds "fishing" and "weaving," which function as the object of the preposition.
In the sentence "One of many recreational activities that can be enjoyed in Hawaii is 'swimming in the clear blue sea'," the word or phrase in quotes is used as the subject. "Swimming in the clear blue sea" is the activity being described and is the subject of the sentence.
Use this website to study about the different terms you are to choose from for each question.
http://www.chompchomp.com/terms.htm
For example, in #1, "within the Church of England" is two successive prepositional phrases. Do you see it? Do you understand? Study prepositions and prepositional phrases in the chompchomp website to make sure.
Then let us know what you think about the others. No guessing!
Here's another website that will help you learn grammatical terms and sentence constructions.
https://www.englishclub.com/grammar/
Those are the two prepositions.
The two successive prepositional phrases are ~
within the Church
and
of England