Indentify the phrase in parenthesis in each sentence. 1. (after several minutes,) i finally located my car keys. a. prepositional b. participial c. gerund d. infinitive 2. mikayla's homeroom teacher, (mr. jones.) is proud of her. a. participial b. gerund c. appositive d. prepositional 3. henry's desire (to win) is obvious. a. gerund b. infinitive c. prepositional d. participial 4. (talking) is not allowed in class. a. prepositional b. gerund c. appositive d. infinitive determine if the sentence contains a misplaced modifier or a dangling modifire, or if it is correct. 5. josie's project was a failure, having not prepared properly. a. misplaced modifier b. dangling modifier c. correct

1. The phrase in parenthesis is a prepositional phrase: preposition (after) + noun phrase (several minutes).

2. The phrase in parenthesis is an appositive, because it is a noun phrase that renames the teacher. The homeroom teacher and Mr. Jones is the same person, referred to in different ways.

3. This is an infinitve phrase determined by the verb desire. The pattern of the verbs is "desire TO do something".

4. This phrase is a gerund. Gerunds are typically used as the subject of a sentence, functioning as a noun.

5. This is a case of dangling modifier (B), because it is not clearly related to the word it modifies. In order to fix it, we need to make the target clear. It could be: "Josie did not prepare the project properly; consequently it was a failure".

d

explanation:

should you be the one doing this journal entry? it says "your special talent or skill". are you gonna lie 'bout your talent and make us fake a talent for you?

also this is a really easy journal entry, you can just think of a skill your good at and write did you work hard to become good at this skill (ex: drawing, writing, math, playing music, etc.) or does it come naturally (like a cool trick that you can do with your body). you can do all of that in 150 words. just try and think of a talent and even if your bad at this talent just say your working hard to become good at it.