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Inkster Police dashcam video shows Floyd Dent, 57, being searched after
getting pulled from his car, beaten and handcuffed in January.
1. Identify the simple subject and the main verb: video, shows
2. Identify the participle structure and decide whether it is a participle phrase or a
participial phrase: being…January, a participle phrase
3. Identify the grammatical function of the participle structure (whether it is a noun,
adjective, adverb, verb, subject complement, or object complement function):
object complement
4. Identify the gerund phrase:
getting…January
In his first interview since announcing his departure from boy band One
Direction, Zayn Malik says the hardest part was letting his fans down.
5. Identify the sentence type (simple, compound, complex, compound-complex):
complex
6. Identify the subordinate clause(s) and its/their grammatical function(s):
the hardest…down, noun
7. How many PPs are there in the sentence? Identify it/them.
5. In…Direction, In…interview, since … departure, since…Direction,
from…Direction
8. Identify the appositive.
One Direction
9. What is the grammatical function of “In…Direction”?
Adverbial/adverb
10. Is “announcing…Direction” a gerund phrase or a participle phrase?
a gerund phrase
Inkster Police dashcam video shows Floyd Dent, 57, being searched after
getting pulled from his car, beaten and handcuffed in January.
1. Identify the simple subject and the main verb:
2. Identify the participle structure and decide whether it is a participle phrase or a
participial phrase:
3. Identify the grammatical function of the participle structure (whether it is a noun,
adjective, adverb, verb, subject complement, or object complement function):
4. Identify the gerund phrase:
In his first interview since announcing his departure from boy band One
Direction, Zayn Malik says the hardest part was letting his fans down.
5. Identify the sentence type (simple, compound, complex, compound-complex):
6. Identify the subordinate clause(s) and its/their grammatical function(s):
7. How many PPs are there in the sentence? Identify it/them.
8. Identify the appositive.
9. What is the grammatical function of “In…Direction”?
10. Is “announcing…Direction” a gerund phrase or a participle phrase?