Answers:
A. I just know I saw them bringing a child out wrapped up in the sheets
and putting the child inside an ambulance car.
1. Is the structure “bring…car” a participle phrase or a gerund phrase? And tell what
grammar position is the structure “bring…car” in?
a participle phrase, objective complement
2. Identify the participle phrase and its grammatical function:
1.bringing…car, objective complement
2. wrapped up in the sheets, adjectival
B. The person who did it was sitting in the back of the police car with her
head back just screaming.
C. Sources identify the suspect as Ann Carimbocas, the girl's mother,
who is now in police custody.
3. Identify the simple subject of sentence B:
persone
4. Identify the main verb of sentence B:
sitting
5. Identify the restrictive relative clause and its grammatical function:
who did it, adjectival
6. Identify the nonrestrictive relative clause and its grammatical function:
who is now in police custody, adjectival
7. Identify the appositive phrase:
the girl's mother
D. Most people we spoke with seemed to be taking it in stride, but still
weren't happy about the extra heat.
E. Trying to get in and out of Penn, Long Island Rail Road passengers are
dealing with ticket-identifying function in both directions.
8. Identify the grammatical function of “about the extra heat” and tell which word(s) the
structure modify:
adverbial, happy
9. Identify the participial phrase and its grammatical function:
Trying…Penn, adverbial
10. Identify the gerund phrase:
ticket-identifying function in both directions