Transcript Sentence Combining:Phrases Foldable

Tuesday, March 10
Today you need…
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A foldable, worksheet,
and comp. book
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I CAN combine
sentences by adding
different types of
phrases.
•
Be in your seat when
the bell rings.
•
You do not get recess-you have to earn it!
BW: Copy into Comp Book
Adding Phrases involves…
• Taking 2 independent clauses and
shortening one into a phrase to combine
2 sentences.
• verb + -ing
• Acts like a noun
– Example: Julie like fishing in a mountain
stream. Julie also likes to swim in a cool
mountain stream.
– Julie likes fishing and swimming in a cool
mountain stream
Gerund Phrases
– Verb + -ed or –ing
– Acts like an adjective
– Example: The empire State building was
constructed in one year and forty-five days.
The empire state building stood as tallest in
the world.
– The Empire state building, standing tallest in
the world, was constructed in one year and
forty-five days.
Participle Phrase
• preposition + nouns
– Example: Brown bears gather in groups.
They gather around the banks of rivers.
– Brown bears gather in groups around the
banks of rivers.
Prepositional Phrase
• to + verb
– Example: Bears dig in the ground. This is
how they find roots and sweet bulbs.
– Bears dig in the ground to find roots and
sweet bulbs.
Infinitive Phrase
• If you have a phrase that is an appositive,
you need commas around it.
– Appositive= extra information (comma rule #4)
• You have to make sure that your verbs are
PARALLEL.
– means that your verbs end in the same thing.
– Jane likes to swim and fishing in a cool,
mountain stream.
– Jane likes to swim and to fish in a cool,
mountain stream.
The Rules…