Add details to the following sentences,
using prepositional phrases, verbal
phrases, appositive phrases, and absolute
phrases. Then, label the phrases you
added.
1. The team ran onto the field.
2. The president delivered his speech.
3. The detective slowly opened the door.
4. I slept late.
5. Roy pushed the button.
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nippz
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Joined: 11 Sep 2004 Posts: 2173 Location: ,
Posted: 10-24-04 19:49pm
Crap I used to be so good in english but I
haven't been to school in so long and i'm
still not, so I completely forgot about
conjuctions, prepositional phrases and all
that good stuff. I'll still try though,
hold on.
Joined: 12 Mar 2004 Posts: 2236 Location: ***Wisconsin Baby***
Posted: 10-24-04 20:46pm
Let me get my math homework done and I am
awesome at english and then I will help
you chanda!
-kristin
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linuxChique
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Joined: 05 May 2004 Posts: 4535
Posted: 10-24-04 20:47pm
Sorry... I'm good at math, but sh|tty at
english!
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TQuartz490
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 12 Jul 2004 Posts: 444 Location: New York City
Posted: 10-24-04 20:48pm
chanda,
how much must each sentence have, one of
each or what ?
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IDABABY
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Joined: 12 Mar 2004 Posts: 2236 Location: ***Wisconsin Baby***
Posted: 10-24-04 20:51pm
Prepositional phrases...
1. The team ran onto the field (during
soccer practice)
2. The president delivered his speech
(about abortion rights in america)
3. The detective slowly opened the door
(towards the bedroom)
4. I slept late ( because of the alarm
not going off) because of is the
preposition.
5. Roy pushed the button (under the
table)
those are prepositional phrases, I will
help more in a bit.
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IDABABY
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Joined: 12 Mar 2004 Posts: 2236 Location: ***Wisconsin Baby***
Posted: 10-24-04 20:55pm
Verbal phrases-
1. The team ran onto the field (to get a
drink of water)
2. The president delivered his speech (to
pursuade people)
3. The detective slowly opened the door(
to find the killer)
4. I slept late (to catch up on sleep)
5. Roy pushed the button (to recieve
service)
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bd1012
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Joined: 31 May 2004 Posts: 1998
Posted: 10-24-04 23:14pm
linuxchique
wrote:
sorry... I'm good at math,
but sh|tty at
english!
lol.. It's always that way... If your
really good at math. You suck at english
but if your really good at english, you
suck at math. I'm good at english but
not college english.
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TQuartz490
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 12 Jul 2004 Posts: 444 Location: New York City
Re: English Homework Posted: 10-24-04 23:42pm
please,
n e time that I might give out help,
re-check it. If n e seems wrong to u, let
me know and I will double check.
The bolds are the prepositional phrases.
1. the team ran onto the
fieldbecause of the captains
injury.
2. by
kerry strongly disagreeing with
bush's views on employment the
president delivered his speech.
3. with
his case files in hand and his
fashlight in view the
detective slowly opened the door.
4. on
account of my neighbors house
warming party i slept
late.
5.
according to witnesses roy
pushed the button to trigger the
alarm.
The bolds are the verbal phrases.
1. believing the umpire
made a bad call the
team ran onto the field.
2. the president delivered his
speechinsulting both democrats and
catholics
3. inspecting the condition of the
house the detective slowly opened the
door.
4. i slept late after playing cards
all night
5. roy pushed the nurses
button to seek medical help
(i haven't use the correct commas and
punc. So im guessing when u check it, u
will do it)
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TQuartz490
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 12 Jul 2004 Posts: 444 Location: New York City
Posted: 10-24-04 23:43pm
the bolds
are appositive phrases
1. the team a violent
squadran onto the field to
fight.
2. the president, a
hypocritedelivered his speech
which only ended up disappointing
viewers.
3. the detective a very sly and
wise manopened
the door slowly.
4. I slept late since
my
favorite movie, titanic, came on at
midnight.
5. roy, a very
challenged individual, pushed
the button and stopped the
elevator.
The bolds are the absolute phrases
1.
securing their reputation as winners
secured by victory the
team ran onto the field.
2. with
his face beaming happilythe
president delivered his speech
3. With his face, sweat-streaked and
smudged with ash the
detective opened the door slowlyonly to
find a burned rag doll.
4. feet
squeaking on the floor I
slept late due to fright.
5. roy pushed the button his eyes
and nose taped shut he was in
search of desperate help.
(ps: im not too sure about the last
bunch,lol. They are the trickiest)
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jessamyn
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Re: English Homework Posted: 10-25-04 00:37am
[quote="chandaloss"]add details to the
following sentences, using prepositional
phrases, verbal phrases, appositive
phrases, and absolute phrases. Then,
label the phrases you added.
1. The winning team ran onto the field
in pure excitement of their victory,
leading them into the championships!.
2. The newly elected president delivered
his speech, thanking all of the voters
across america for the opportunity to
fulfill their wants and needs.
3. The detective slowly opened the door,
only to find the murderer had already left
the crime scene, needless to say they
would be there all night.
4. I slept late, woke up in a groggy
mood, only to find out I was 3 hours late
to work.
5. Roy pushed the button, and bam! The
lights flashed television turned on and
"dude looks liek a lady" started blasting
on the surround sound system..."
helpful? Hahah
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jessamyn
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Joined: 18 Aug 2004 Posts: 4101 Location: San Diego, CA
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Posted: 10-25-04 00:39am
Hahah "not nice person" I originally wrote
homicide er hahah but the forum didnt
like that
