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Phrases Review

A. HIGHLIGHT the appositive or appositive phrase in each sentence.DIAGRAM SENTENCES 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

1. Her father, a professional tennis player, taught her well.

2. The painting Starry Night is by artist Vincent Van Gogh

3.Bob, his friend's brother, won the lottery.

4. The car, a Corvette, rumbled down the road.

5. Neil, the drummer for a successful rock band, performed at the stadium.

6. Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night’s Dream became popular during the Elizabethan time period.

7. The ship H.M.S Bounty had a mutiny many years ago.

8. The star Polaris has guided travelers throughout history.

9. In front of his house, John looked for his dog Spot.

10. The novel A Separate Peace is one of author John Knowles' greatest works.

11. Her sister Carrie wears ankle bracelets every day.

12. Despite winning many events, Jim Thorpe, a native American, did not receive any medals.

13. His house along the road, a mansion, drew much attention.

14. The Fender Stratocaster, an exceptionally well made American guitar, is very popular even in other countries.

15. The skill of fencing takes many years to master.

B. Write SIX sentences using prepositional phrases: THREE WITH ADJECTIVAL PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES (MODIFYING THE SUBJECT);THREE WITH ADVERBIAL PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES(MODIFYING THE VERB) HIGHLIGHT AND LABEL THE PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES.ON PAPER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

C. Tell if the underlined phrases are appositives (A) or prepositional phrases (P). PUT (A) OR (P) AT THE END OF EACH SENTENCE.

1. A creative person is one who can process in new ways the informationdirectly at

hand--the ordinary sensory data available to all of us.

2. I fell asleep until I reached my destination, the new island.

3. The rain drove us into the church--our refuge, our strength, our only dry place.

4. Alcatraz island is covered with flowers now: orange and yellow nasturtiums,geraniums,sweet grass, blue iris, black-eyed Susans.

5. It was an ordinary farm, a calf-raising, haymaking farm, and very beautiful.

6. During the past few weeks, we have learned a lot about verbals, words that

look like verbs but aren’t.

7. As a child growing up on this plantation, I could not imagine this place, this house,

existing without the two of them here.

8. At the church social we gobbled strawberry shortcake, my favorite dessert.

9. My son, the policeman, will be visiting us next week.

10. The captain ordered the ship's carpenters to assemble the shallop, a large rowboat.

11. Walter, the artist and writer, is very attached to his mother, Mrs. Hammon.
12. The actor Paul Newman directed only one picture.
13. Elizabeth Teague, a sweet and lovable girl, grew up to be a famous artist.

14. Sweetbriar, a company known throughout the South, is considering a nationwide

advertising campaign.
15. John, an above-average student and talented musician, made his family proud.
16. The extremely popular American film Titanic was widely criticized for its mediocre script.
17. Citizen Kane, the greatest American film ever made, won only one Academy Award.

18. 60 Minutes, the TV news magazine program, featured a story on the popular singer

Whitney Houston.

19. The first example is that of the simple pendulum, a small mass hung on the end of a

light string.

20. Living matter is composed primarily of four elements: carbon, hydrogren, oxygen,

and nitrogen.

21. Neil Armstrong, the first man who walked on the moon, is a native of Ohio.

22. We students are happy with good grades.

23. Alfred Nobel, a Swedish chemist, was born in 1833.

24. The White House resides in Washington D.C., the nation's capital.

25. Mr. Smith, a well-respected lawyer, has just retired from active practice.