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25-26. Choose the term that describes the underlined phrase.

  1. Mr.Patti, (a math teacher at my school), plans to retire next year.

Adverb phrase

Infinitive phrase

Adjective phrase

appositive phrase

  1. Kris was anxious(about her new Job).

Infinitive phrase

Adverb phrase

Adjective phrase

appositive phrase


27 identify the choice that best describes the problem.

Running a four minute mile.


Phrase fragment

Dangling Modifier

run-on sentence

misplaced modifier

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  1. Adjective phrase 
    26. Adverb phrase 
    27. Dangling Mod. 

    There you are!

25) Mr. Patti, a math teacher at my school, plans to retire next year

This is an appositive phrase. An appositive is anoun or noun phrase that renames a noun right beside it. In this case, the NP offset with the commas renames the NP subject Mr. Patti.

26) Kris was anxious about her new job

This is an adverb phrase. Adverbial phrases are two or more words that play the role of an adverb.

27) *Running a four minute mile

This is a dangling modifier. Dangling modifiers occur when the subject being modified, or described by the modifier, does not appear in the sentence.


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