Question

use the drop - down menus to identify the underlined phrase in each sentence. the students carrying boxes into their new dorm rooms were exhausted at the end of the day. to text in the middle of a movie is rude to other moviegoers. skiing down that slope was exhilarating!

Explanation:

1. "carrying boxes into their new dorm rooms" is a participial phrase as it starts with a present - participle 'carrying' and modifies the noun "students".
2. "To text in the middle of a movie" is an infinitive phrase as it starts with the to - infinitive 'to text'.
3. "Skiing down that slope" is a gerund phrase as it starts with a gerund'skiing' and functions as the subject of the sentence.

Answer:

1. Participial phrase
2. Infinitive phrase
3. Gerund phrase