In the following sentence, draw one line under the appositive phrase and two lines under the word or words to which it refers.

In Greek mythology, the phoenix, a beautiful old bird in the Arabian Desert, set itself on fire and then rose from its ashes to live again.

Underline the adjective phrases in the following sentence. Then, draw an arrow from each adjective phrase to the word it modifies. Hint: Sentence maybe have more than one adjective phrase.

The many suckers on the tentacles of the octopus look frightening.

Underline the gerund in the following sentence. Then, identify the function of the gerund by writing above it one of these abbreviations:S for subject, PN for predicate nominative, $D O$ for direct object, 10 for indirect object, or $O P$ for object of a preposition.

The baby sitter talked to the children about the importance of sharing.

Underline the gerund in the following sentence. On the line provided, write $S$ for $subject$ , PN for predicate nominative, OP for object of a preposition, DO for direct object, or IO for indirect object.

__________ To earn extra money, we could give pet sitting a try.

Underline the participial phrases in the following sentence. Draw an arrow from each participial phrase to the word it modifies.

A computer, given certain data, can help her date her findings.

Underline the adverb phrases in the following sentence. Then, draw an arrow from each adverb phrase to the word or words it modifies.

In a short time the book became popular.

Underline the participial phrase in the following sentence. Then, draw an arrow to the word the phrase modifies.

Walking along the beach, we looked for colorful seashells.

Underline the prepositional phrases in the following sentence. Then, circle the object of each preposition. Hint: Some sentences have more than one prepositional phrase.

The new stamp will include the abbreviation for the United States of America, the price of the stamp, and a title that tells about the stamp

Underline the appositive or appositive phrase in the following sentence.

Achilles, a brave Greek warrior, was killed by a poisoned arrow that pierced his heel.

Underline the gerund in the following sentences. Then, identify the function of the gerund by writing above it one of these abbreviations :S for subject, PN for predicate nominative, $D O$ for direct object, 10 for indirect object, or $O P$ for object of a preposition.

The baby sitter talked to the children about the importance of sharing.

In the following sentence, underline the participle that is used as an adjective. Then, draw an arrow from the participle to the word it modifies.

Would you please remove the whistling teakettle from the burner?

Underline the two prepositional phrases in the following sentence. Draw an arrow from each phrase to the word or words it modifies. Then, identify each phrase by writing above it $A D J$ for adjective phrase or $A D V$ for adverb phrase.

All of these lovely quilts were made by hand.

Underline the verbal phrase in the following sentence. Then, identify the function of each phrase by writing above it $N$ for noun, $A D J$ for adjective, or $A D V$ for adverb.

This young woman teaches water-skilng for beginners.

In the following sentence, Identify the underlined verbal phrase by writing above it PART for participial phrase, GER for gerund phrase, or INF for infinitive phrase.

We were happy $\underline{\text{to discover that everyone had survived!}}$