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Baguio City national High School
Special Science Program
Gov. Pack Rd., Baguio City
Website: http://www.bcnhs.edu.ph
Name:
Section: 3 Krypton
Tel. no. 444-0000
Date: 3/6/2013
I. Identification
Directions: Read and understand the following statements below and write your answers on the space beside each item.
(6pts)
Infinitive
1. It is a phrase that has the structure to +base form of the verb.
Participial
2. It is a phrase that has the structure present participle form of the verb.
Gerund
3. It is a phrase that has the two structures present participle and past participle of the verb.
II. A. Multiple Choice
Directions: Read the following and answer by choosing the correct choice. (10pts)
1. Having said what I wanted, I left the room.
a. gerund phrase b. infinitive phrase c. participial phrase
2. The broken has to be repaired.
a. gerund phrase b. infinitive phrase c. participial phrase
3. Let me offer you a drink.
a. gerund phrase b. infinitive phrase c. participial phrase
4. To err is human.
a. gerund phrase b. infinitive phrase c. participial phrase
5. Travelling from here to there takes about an hour.
a. gerund phrase b. infinitive phrase c. participial phrase
6. Her pastime is interesting.
a. gerund phrase b. infinitive phrase c. participial phrase
7. Mother is anxious to hear from you.
a. gerund phrase b. infinitive phrase c. participial phrase
8. My dream is to run my own business.
a. gerund phrase b. infinitive phrase c. participial phrase
9. Have you seen the food to be solved?
a. gerund phrase b. infinitive phrase c. participial phrase
10. Reading books on the porch rocks!
a. gerund phrase b. infinitive phrase c. participial phrase
II. B. Multiple Choice (10pts)
1. Identify the infinitive or infinitive phrase in the following sentence: I am
eager to take any Saturday job.
(A) am eager
(B) any Saturday job
(C) to take any Saturday job
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(D) none of the above
2. Identify the infinitive or infinitive phrase in the following sentence: To
shell walnuts is difficult.
(A) To shell walnuts
(B) is difficult
(C) shell
(D) none of the above
3. Identify the participle or participial phrase in the following sentence: We
noticed a duck waddling toward us.
(A) We noticed a duck
(B) a duck waddling
(C) waddling toward us
(D) none of the above
4. Identify the participle or participial phrase in the following sentence: The
passage, translated into three languages, foretold a terrible tragedy.
(A) the passage
(B) into three languages
(C) translated into three languages
(D) none of the above.
5. Identify the gerund or gerund phrase in the following sentence: Jay
enjoyed floating on the raft.
(A) Jay enjoyed
(B) floating on the raft
(C) enjoyed floating
(D) none of the above
6. Identify the gerund or gerund phrase in the following sentence: Riding
the Mad Butterfly upsets Becky's stomach.
(A) Riding the Mad Butterfly
(B) upsets Becky's stomach
(C) Riding
(D) none of the above
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7. Choose the answer that tells how the capitalized phrase is used: Sandy,
ENCOURAGED BY ALL OF US, told her story.
(A) subject of verb
(B) object of verb
(C) adjective
8. Choose the answer that tells how the capitalized phrase is used: Mr.
Wells assigned READING TWO CHAPTERS.
(A) adjective
(B) object of verb
(C) adverb
9. Choose the answer that correctly describes the capitalized word or
phrase in the following sentence: SueAnne came in out of the rain,
DRIPPING WET.
(A) participial phrase
(B) gerund phrase
10. Choose the answer that correctly describes the capitalized word or
phrase in the following sentence: CHEATING never gets you anywhere.
(A) participial phrase
(B) gerund phrase
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III. Essay
Directions: Answer the following questions in not more than five sentences.
1. Give your own interpretation of The Creation (A Negro Sermon) by James Weldon Johnson. What do you think is
the message that the writer expects? (5pts)
2. Write a response to Johnson’s poem The Creation. (4pts)
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