ENGLISH PRE-AP QUIZashton V brianna W cameron C carol H

QUESTION ONE

WHAT, ending in –ing, is a verb form that acts as a noun.

gerund gerund phrase pronoun complement

QUESTION TWO

WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS STATEMENT? A gerund phrase is made up of a preposition and all of its modifiers and complements.

preposition gerund phrase predicate compound verb

QUESTION THREE

Which one is a gerund phrase? Waiting a long time in a restaurant Take tennis lessons Ride the bike BODACIOUS!

QUESTION FOUR

Which one is a gerund? SKIING is her favorite sport. Photographs are FUN. Cheese and crackers are DELICOUS. The boy was HITTING the ball.

QUESTION FIVE

Which one is not a real participle? a.     participle b.     present participle c.     tomorrows participle d.     past participle

QUESTION SIX

What is a participial phrase? a.     it describes a noun b.     is made up of verbs and all its modifiers c.     describes a verb d.     is made up of a participle and all of its modifiers

QUESTION SEVEN

What is a participle? a.     is a noun that acts like a verb b.     is a verb form that acts like as an

adjective c.     is a verb form that acts like a noun d.     is a adjective being used as an noun

QUESTION EIGHT

Which word is the participle?    “Christian has the winning ticket.” a.     has b.     ticket c.     winning d.     winning ticket

QUESTION NINE

Which word is the participle? “Brendon went to the doctor and the doctor said Brendon had a broken arm.” a.     went b.     said c.     broken d.     and

QUESTION TEN

How do you recognize an infinitive phrase? A. It must have an –ing ending B. Must have the word to and a noun C. Must have the word to and a verb D. Must have an -ar, -er, or -ir ending

QUESTION ELEVEN

When a modifier comes between to and the verb, the infinitive is said to be what?

Not an infinitive An irregular verb Infinite split

QUESTION TWELVE

The child loves to draw. What kind of phrase is to draw?

Prepositional phrase Modifier An infinitive phrase All of the above

QUESTION THIRTEEN

An infinitive phrase may contain one or more what?

Prepositional phrases Modifiers Complements Suffixes

QUESTION FOURTEEN

The word ________is called the sign, or marker, of the infinitive.

A. For

B. Split

C. A

D. To

QUESTION FIFTEEN

“Yes, I’m going to be there in a minute.” What is the infinitive phrase in this sentence? Going There To be Going to

CORRECT!

WRONG!