ADDITIONAL PRACTICE WITH PHRASES
FROM PAGES 606-609 - EVENS
EXERCISE 1: PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES
2. with wings – adj. – kind
4. to more than 30,000 bats – adj. – home
6. inside the stadium – adv. – did want
8. from hunting – adv. - returned
10. near the stadium – adv. – erected
EXERCISE 2: APPOSITIVES AND
APPOSITIVE PHRASES
2. At the center of the solar system is the sun, our local
star.
4. Our planet, the third from the sun, is special in several
ways.
EXERCISE 3: VERBALS: PARTICIPLES
2. Honored in 1999 as one of the most influential people of
the 1900s – Rachel Carson – past
4. Sprayed on farm fields and forestland – DDT – past
6. eating the plants – animals – present
8. Sounded by Silent Spring – alarm – past
10. chirping – birds – present
EXERCISE 4:VERBALS: GERUNDS
2. becoming a prisoner in it – OP
4. Escaping the confines of the labyrinth – PN
6. Leaving the labyrinth and Crete – DO
8. Soaring too high – S
10. gaining freedom – OP
EXERCISE 5:VERBALS: INFINITIVE
2. to make a point – are used – adv.
4. not to assume you have something before you actually get it – DO
6. To reach a goal – need – Adv.
to start working right away – DO
8. To be comfortable – associate – Adv.
10. To experience the consequences of earlier actions – likely – Adv.
EXERCISE 6: PLACEMENT OF PHRASES
2. The pilot is attached to the glider by a harness.
(misplaced example)
4. The pilot can adjust the speed by using the control
bar.(dangling example)