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Dive into the heartwarming tale of Suzie and her beloved cat Spot, filled with adventure, friendship, and courage. Follow their journey in this touching narrative.
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Rules for the Review • Identify the underlined phrase (then click for the answer) • Depending on the type of phrase, answer the questions (listed on the next slide) • Each time you click the mouse the answer to the question will appear. • Rinse and repeat.
Questions for the Phrases • Prepositional Phrase • What is it modifying? • How is it acting? • Appositive Phrase • What is it renaming? • Participle Phrase • What is it modifying? • Gerund Phrase • How is the noun acting? • Infinitive Phrase • Noun? • How is the noun acting? • Adverb? • What is it modifying? • Adjective? • What is it modifying?
This is a story about my cat Spot. • Appositive • Renames “cat”
To understand this story better, I need to provide some background information. • Infinitive • Acting as an adverb (you can move it) • The adverb is modifying the word “need”
Defining my cat is no easy task, you see. • Gerund • Acting as the subject of the sentence
Spot is actually, secretly, by the glow of the moon, Darth Kitty. • Prepositional • Modifying the word “glow” • Acting as an adjective
Darth Kitty did not start his life with me in Iowa… • Prepositional • Modifying the words “did start” • Acting as an adverb
…it had been the family’s job to keep the lighthouse working… • Infinitive • Acting as adjective • Modifying the word “job”
Now, in this family was a little girl, Suzie, and Spot (as he was originally known) belonged to her. • Appositive • Renaming the word “girl”
…Timmy was a jerk who loved tormenting Suzie. • Gerund • Acting as a direct object
…when Timmy got bored he would make fun of Suzie playing with Spot. • Participle • Modifying the word “Suzie”
But Timmy’s favorite trick was to tell Suzie that Spot had seen a huge fish out in the lake… • Infinitive • Acting as a noun • The noun is acting as a predicate nominative
Falling for such tricks every time, Suzie would cry and cry over poor lost Spot. • Participle • Modifying the word “Suzie”
…Spot, the cat, would always be found to have just been sitting in the woods by the pile of brush… • Appositive • Renaming the word “Spot”
…Suzie’s brother, Timmy, would always burn with anger… • Appositive • Renaming the word “brother”
…Timmy needed to do something drastic, something real. • Infinitive • Acting as a noun • The noun is acting as a direct object
Suzie was looking for pebbles to add to her collection…, • Infinitive • Acting as an adjective • The adjective is modifying the word “pebbles”
“…I have something to show you, kitty.” • Infinitive • Acting as an adjective • The adjective is modifying the word “something”
Tilting his head in a curious kitty kind of way, Spot decided that this new boy was more interesting than the mice… • Participle • Modifying the word “Spot”
…Suzie was down by the water… • Prepositional • Acting as an adverb • Modifying the word “down”
Putting on his best look of feigned horror, Timmy ran down to the shore… • Participle • Modifying the word “Timmy”
“…I tried to help him, but…” • Infinitive • Acting as a noun • The noun is acting as a direct object
Realizing this in an instant, Suzie’s doubt rushed away to be replaced with utter horror… • Participle • Modifying the word “Suzie”
… he had never tried to get under her skin… • Infinitive • Acting as a noun • The noun is acting as a direct object
Suzie dropped her pebbles at her feet and started to run… • Prepositional • Acting as an adverb • The adverb is modifying the word “dropped”
She knew exactly where to look because Spot always sat at the same stack of sticks… • Infinitive • Acting as an adjective • The adjective is modifying the word “where”
…she couldn’t stop the tears from coming any longer… • Gerund • The noun is acting like an object of the preposition
Punching Timmy in the face was new for Suzie, but it felt so good… • Gerund • The noun is acting as the subject of the sentence
…once Betty and Gradon, Timmy and Suzies’s mother and father, found out about Spot… • Appositive • Renaming the words “Betty and Gradon”
Not having any friends to play with while growing up is hard on little boys and little girls… • Gerund • The noun is acting like the subject of the sentence
…then Timmy would get flogged for acting so stupidly all the times… • Gerund • The noun is acting as an object of the preposition
“I want to bury Spot at sea, like a sailor…” • Infinitive • Acting as a noun • The noun is acting as a direct object
…he’d rather play his favorite game, Cowboys and Indians. • Appositive • Renaming the word “game”
Singinghad always been one of Suzie’s favorite things… • Gerund • Acting as the subject of the sentence
…Timmy began to plot once more… • Infinitive • Acting like a noun • The noun is acting like a direct object
Fuming over his mother and father’s doting, Timmy wanted to do something… • Participle • Modifying the word “Timmy”
…his brain was filled with thoughts of singing to kitties… • Gerund • The noun is acting as an object of the preposition
Jumping up out of bed, he ran down the hall way and stood at Suzie’s door… • Participle • Modifying the word “he”
The smoldering coals sat for a moment, and then jumped into tiny little flames. • Participle • Modifying the word “coals”
Running down the stairs, his father saw his son in the room surrounded by fire… • Participle • Modifying the word “father”
Turning around revealed Suzie was not behind her… • Gerund • The noun is acting as the subject of the sentence
…the fire spread quickly and soon the whole house started to burn. • Infinitive • Acting as an adverb • Modifying the word “started”
Waking up coughing, Suzie could smell the smoke and feel heat… • Participle • Modifying the word “Suzie”
…as she started to black out, all she could think of was her little kitty… • Infinitive • Acting as an adverb • The adverb is modifying the word “started”
Expecting to die is a horrible thing to experience, but surviving is even better… • Gerund • Noun is acting as the subject of the sentence
Crying and crying was her little kitty Spot when Suzie opened her eyes. • Gerund • The noun is acting as the subject of the sentence
Looking just as he had before Timmy had gotten a hold of him, Spot was purring and nuzzling the top of his head into her mouth. • Participle • Modifying the word “Spot”
Then she realized that everywhere her cat Spot stepped Spot left a wet mark on the floor… • Appositive • Renaming the word “cat”
Staggering to her feet was hard for Suzie… • Gerund • The noun is acting as the subject of the sentence
