ENG 1100

Quiz 2

Id: 41230100730

Identify the phrases in bold letters in the following sentences.

i. What the doctors do in the time of flu is to contain it.

Answer - do in the time of flu – Verb phrase.

ii. They arrived home safe and sound.

Answer - safe and sound – Adverbial phrase.

iii. The train is moving fast enough.

Answer - fast enough – Adjective phrase.

iv. Jaber was the man of the match.

Answer - the man of the match – Noun phrase.

v. The girl in yellow is my sister.

Answer - in yellow - Prepositional phrase.

vi. What is lotted cannot be blotted.

Answer – cannot be blotted- Verb phrase.

vii. The book borrowed from the library is lost.

Answer – borrowed from the library – Participial phrase.

viii. They rented a huge beautiful home.

Answer – a huge beautiful home - Noun phrase.

ix. While hiking through the woods, we saw a tiger.

Answer - hiking through the woods – Participial phrase.

x. We were waiting for the bus.

Answer – for the bus - Prepositional phrase.