Eng 1010 Verbal Phrase

Front 1

Verbal phrases are ____________. They don't tell you when something happened

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Tenseless

Front 2

All english verbs come in three tenseless (verbal phrase) forms

Back 2

To(infinitive), ing (present participle), ed/en (past participle)

Front 3

Verbal phrases dont always appear at the ___________ of sentences; indeed, accomplished writers very often use them to complete their sentences

Back 3

Beginning

Front 4

A verbal phrase at the beginning of a sentence usually provides _______________ about the sentences main idea.

Back 4

Background information.

Front 5

A verbal phrase that comes at the end of a sentence ____________ the main idea.

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Develops

Front 6

Sometimes you can move a verbal phrase from one position in a sentence to another-before the ______ clause, after it, or in the middle of it

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Main

Front 7

At times a writer will use ____ or even _____ verbal phrases side by side in a single sentence.

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Two, three

Front 8

Verbal phrases always suggest some sort of________ so they must modify the subject or doer of the action in the sentence

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Action

Front 9

Verbal phrases are punctuated with __________ (to set the verbal phrase off from the core sentence)

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Commas

Front 10

Verbal phrases are often movable, but they should be placed as close as possible to the ________ they ______

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Clause, modify

Front 11

While a verbal phrase doesnt contain a subject , it always has an __________ subject, which should be the same as the subject of the core sentence

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Implied

Front 12

If the implied subject of a verbal phrase is __________ than the stated subject of the core sentence, you've got a dangling modifier on you hands

Back 12

Different