Underline the verbal phrases in the following sentences, and identify the phrases by writing PP (participial phrase), GP (gerund phrase), or IP (infinitive phrase) above the underlined words.

Example 1. $\overset{\textit{\color{#c34632}{GP}}}{{\underline{\text{Choosing the right college}}}}$ takes time and consideration.

You can start by reading books that describe colleges.

Underline the infinitive or infinitive phrase in each sentence, and identify the phrase’s use by writing above it S for subject, PN for predicate nominative, DO for direct object, ADJ for adjective, or ADV for adverb.

Example 1. In our house, we use the hall $\overset{\textit{\color{#c34632}{ADV}}}{{\underline{\text{to display photos}}}}$ of our family.

Of course, to call my own baby pictures anything but beautiful would be lying!

Underline the appositive or appositive phrase in each of the following sentences, and draw an arrow from the phrase to the word or words it identifies or describes.

Example 1. Pluto, $\underline{\text{a dwarf planet}}$, is about two-thirds the size of Earth’s moon.

On this dwarf planet, a complete rotation, one day and night, takes $6.39$ Earth days.

Underline the verbal phrases in the following sentences, and identify the phrase by writing PP (participial phrase), GP (gerund phrase), or IP (infinitive phrase) above the underlined words.

Example 1. $\overset{\textit{\color{#c34632}{PP}}}{{\underline{\text{Consumed hot or cold}}}}$ by a third of the world’s population, coffee is a drink with an interesting history.

The story is that about $850$ A.D., an Arab goatherd noticed his goats acting strangely.

In the following sentences, underline the prepositional phrases and circle the word that each phrase modifies. Then, draw an arrow from the prepositional phrase to the word it modifies.

Example 1. $\underline{\text{After the game}}$ we $\boxed{\text{ate}}$ dinner $\underline{\text{at a restaurant}}$.

Harry is helpful in a crisis.

Each of the following sentences contains a participial phrase. Underline the participial phrase once. Then, draw an arrow from the participial phrase to the word or words it modifies.

Example 1. Everyone has read stories of knights $\underline{\text{made famous for brave deeds}}$.

By the twelfth century, a program challenging to both mind and body had been developed.