Transcript phrase - Barber Middle School

Infinitives Paraphrasing
Phrases
Participles Prepositions
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Question 1 - 10
Identify the infinitive in this sentence:
When I went to the store, I wanted to buy
candy.
Answer 1 – 10
What is “to buy”?
Question 1 - 20
Identify the infinitive in the following sentence:
My brother wanted to be a doctor, but he is a
lawyer instead.
Answer 1 – 20
What is “to be”?
Question 1 - 30
• How many infinitives are in the following
sentence?
The dog went to the window and began to wag
its tail which indicated it was time to go outside.
Answer 1 – 30
What is “to wag” and “to go”?
Question 1 - 40
What is the difference between a. and b. in the
sentence below?
I like to sing (a.) in the car when I am going
to work (b.).
Answer 1 – 40
What is “a. is an infinitive and b. is a
prepositional phrase”?
Question 1 - 50
Define infinitive.
Answer 1 – 50
An infinitive is to plus a verb.
Question 2 - 10
Finish this statement:
Paraphrasing prevents ____________________.
Answer 2 – 10
Plagiarism
Question 2 - 20
What is missing from this attempt at
paraphrasing?
I know that “asthma is controlled by certain
inhalers.”
Answer 2 – 20
The quotation marks indicate it is an author’s
exact words, but this doesn’t tell who the author
is.
Question 2 - 30
Acceptable or Plagiarized?
According to Jeff Smith, the most effective
treatment for asthma is “a prescribed inhaler in
the appropriate dosage” (The Complete Guide to
Your Health).
Answer 2 – 30
Acceptable. We know who said and the source it
came from.
Question 2 - 40
Acceptable or Plagiarized
The Atlanta Falcons will consider moving to the
suburbs if the team does not get a new $1
billion downtown stadium built by 2017, a team
executive told a packed City Council meeting on
Wednesday.
Answer 2 – 40
Plagiarized. Where did this information come
from?
Question 2 - 50
Acceptable or Plagiarized?
According to the Atlanta Journal Constitution,
the Falcons’ President said, “We would have no
choice but to consider pursuing another option
in metro Atlanta.”
Answer 2 – 50
Acceptable. I know this came from the AJC and I
know exactly what was said.
Question 3 - 10
What is a phrase?
Answer 3 – 10
Two or more words together that are missing
the subject-verb connection of a clause.
Question 3 - 20
Phrase or clause?
In the middle of the football field
Answer 3 – 20
Phrase because it does not have a verb.
Question 3 - 30
Prepositional phrase or infinitive phrase?
To run around the track
Answer 3 – 30
Infinitive phrase because run is a verb
Question 3 - 40
Phrase or clause?
When he went to the store
Answer 3 – 40
Clause because it has a subject (he) and a verb
(went)
Question 3 - 50
Pick out the participial phrase in this sentence:
The broken vase on the floor was quite
expensive.
Answer 3 – 50
The broken vase on the floor
Question 4 - 10
Define participle
Answer 4 – 10
A verb not acting as a verb that ends in an ed or
ing
Question 4 - 20
Identify the participle and the noun it modifies:
The swimming pool in the neighborhood will
open soon.
Answer 4 – 20
swimming is participle
pool is noun
Question 4 - 30
Identify the participle and the noun it modifies:
When you put on reading glasses, you look
smarter.
Answer 4 – 30
reading = participle
glasses = noun
Question 4 - 40
Identify the participial phrase:
The reading glasses on the nightstand are my
mom’s.
Answer 4 – 40
The reading glasses on the nightstand
Question 4 - 50
You have 20 seconds to write a sentence using
blink
As a participle
Answer 4 – 50
Question 5 - 10
Identify the preposition
When
Is
Bad
Up
Answer 5 – 10
Up
Question 5 - 20
Identify the prep phrase:
On the table
When I go
The big giant
Running with scissors
Answer 5 – 20
On the table
Question 5 - 30
Finish this statement:
A prepositional phrase starts with a __________
and ends with a ______________ or _________.
Answer 5 – 30
A prepositional phrase starts with a preposition
and ends with a noun or pronoun.
Question 5 - 40
Identify the object of the preposition:
The loud music on the radio gave me a
headache.
Answer 5 – 40
radio
Question 5 - 50
How many prepositional phrases are in the
sentence below?
On the table by the bed in the back room was a
book with a page folded down.
Answer 5 – 50
4
On the table
By the bed
In the back room
With a page