Question

chapter 19: the
review (form b)
____ 9. millions of people were involved in the tricky game of playing the stock
market.
____ 10. after the stock market crash of 1929 ended prosperity, president hoover
tried hard, but unsuccessfully, to fight the economic recession.
exercise c each of the following sentences contains an italicized phrase. on the line
provided, identify each phrase. write the correct abbreviation from the following list:
prep = prepositional phrase inf = infinitive phrase
part = participial phrase app = appositive phrase
ger = gerund phrase
examples: prep two girls from our class won awards.
inf we hoped to visit our friends.
____ 1. taking pictures is one of judy’s favorite pastimes.
____ 2. finding no one home, the salesperson left.
____ 3. owls are able to turn their heads almost all the way around.
____ 4. we raised money by conducting a bake sale.
____ 5. margaret coit, the pulitzer prize - winning biographer, wrote a famous book
about john c. calhoun.
____ 6. the view across the river is magnificent.
____ 7. through the trees we saw smoke from a small cabin.
____ 8. a signed form indicating your approval is required.
____ 9. “don’t be afraid to ask questions,” he told us.
____ 10. hedda hopper’s job was writing chatty columns about hollywood.

Explanation:

1. Identify the phrase type by its structure: gerund phrases end in -ing and act as nouns; participial phrases end in -ing/-ed and act as adjectives; infinitive phrases use "to + verb"; prepositional phrases start with a preposition; appositive phrases rename a noun.
2. Match each italicized phrase to the correct abbreviation from the list.

Answer:

1. GER
2. PART
3. INF
4. GER
5. APP
6. PREP
7. PREP
8. PART
9. INF
10. GER