Phrases & Their Functions

Front 1

Do you want to meet at the corner?

Back 1

2

Front 2

to meet at the corner?

Back 2

Inf - D.O.

Front 3

at the corner?

Back 3

Prep - Adverb

Front 5

We are eager to go.

Front 6

to go.

Back 6

Inf - Adverb

Front 7

One way to relax is to listen to classical music.

Back 7

3

Front 8

to relax

Back 8

Inf - Adjective

Front 9

to listen to classical music.

Back 9

Inf - Predicate Nominative

Front 10

to classical music.

Back 10

Prep - Adverb

Front 11

I am ready to leave.

Back 11

1

Front 12

to leave.

Back 12

Inf - Adverb

Front 13

We are waiting to talk with the principal.

Back 13

2

Front 14

to talk with the principal.

Back 14

Inf - Adverb

Front 15

with the principal.

Back 15

Prep - Adverb

Front 17

The soup is still too hot to eat.

Back 17

1

Front 18

to eat.

Back 18

Inf - Adverb

Front 19

To excel, one must practice.

Back 19

1

Front 20

To excel,

Back 20

Inf - Adverb

Front 22

This summer she hopes to travel in the West.

Back 22

2

Front 23

to travel in the West.

Back 23

Inf - D.O.

Front 24

in the West.

Back 24

Prep - Adverb

Front 25

To hike through the woods is fun.

Back 25

2

Front 26

To hike through the woods

Back 26

Inf - Subject

Front 27

through the woods.

Back 27

Prep - Adverb

Front 29

To forgive is sometimes difficult.

Back 29

1

Front 30

To forgive

Back 30

Inf - Subject

Front 32

Our assignment was to read I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.

Back 32

1

Front 33

to read I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.

Back 33

Inf - Predicate Nominative

Front 35

We were asked to examine Maya Angelou's descriptions of her childhood.

Back 35

2

Front 36

to examine Maya Angelou's descriptions of her childhood.

Back 36

Inf - D.O.

Front 37

of her childhood.

Back 37

Prep - Adjective

Front 39

To grow up in Stamps, Arkansas, in the 1930's was to know great hardship.

Back 39

4

Front 40

To grow up in Stamps, Arkansas, in the 1930's

Back 40

Inf - Subject

Front 41

in Stamps, Arkansas,.

Back 41

Prep - Adverb

Front 42

in the 1930's

Back 42

Prep - Adverb

Front 43

to know great hardship.

Back 43

Inf - Predicate Nominative

Front 45

Maya Angelou tried to show the every day lives of African-Americans during the great depression.

Back 45

3

Front 46

to show the every day lives of African-Americans during the great depression.

Back 46

Inf - D.O.

Front 47

of African-Americans during the great depression.

Back 47

Prep - Adjective

Front 48

during the great depression.

Back 48

Prep - Adjective

Front 50

To accomplish this purpose meant including many descriptions; one such passage told about the process for curing pork sausage.

Back 50

5

Front 51

To accomplish this purpose

Back 51

Inf - Subject

Front 52

including many descriptions;

Back 52

Gerund - D.O.

Front 53

about the process for curing pork sausage.

Back 53

Prep - D.O.

Front 54

for curing pork sausage.

Back 54

Prep - Adjective

Front 55

curing pork sausage.

Back 55

Gerund - O.P.

Front 57

Angelou has an extraordinary ability to capture vivid details in her writing.

Back 57

3

Front 58

to capture vivid details in her writing.

Back 58

Inf - Adjective

Front 59

in her writing.

Back 59

Prep - Adverb

Front 60

writing.

Back 60

Gerund - O.P.