Infinitive, Prepositional, and Appositive Phrases

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Infinitive, Prepositional, and Appositive Phrases
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Infinitives

• An infinitive is a verb form, usually preceded by
  to, used as a noun, an adjective, or an adverb.
• Example
• I love to eat ice cream.

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Infinitive Phrases

• An infinitive phrase is a phrase that consists of
  an infinitive and its modifiers and complements.
• Example
• It is good to have an A in Ms. Shelnuts
  class. (The infinitive phrase modifies the
  adjective good.)

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Infinitive Phrases

• Example
• To finish Their Eyes Were Watching God is my
  goal for this weekend. (The infinitive phrase is
  the subject of the word is.)

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Infinitive Phrases

• Example
• Samantha loves to go to the football games on
  Friday nights. (The infinitive phrase is the
  direct object of the verb loves.)

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Infinitive Phrases

• Examples
• To finish early is our primary goal. (used as a
  noun)
• Napoleons plan to conquer the world failed. (used
  as an adjective)
• Hummingbirds wings beat too rapidly to be seen
  by the human eye. (used as an adverb)

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Infinitive Phrases used as nouns

• Infinitive phrases used as nouns can either be
  the subject, direct object, or predicate
  nominative of the sentence.

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Infinitive Phrases used as nouns (cont.)

• Examples
• To finish early is our primary goal. (used as a
  subject)
• Julia wants to go to the beach with us on
  Saturday. (used as a direct object)
• Lilys dream was to act on Broadway. (used as
  a predicate nominative)

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Prepositions

Beneath Beside Besides Between Beyond But By Con
cerning Down During Except For From In
Inside Into Like Near Of Off On
Out Outside Over Past Regarding Since Th
rough
Throughout Till To Toward Under Underneath Until U
nto Up Upon With Within Without
About Above Across After Against Along
Amid Among Around As At Before Behin
d Below
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Prepositional Phrases

• A prepositional phrase is a group of words
  consisting of a preposition, the object of the
  preposition, and any modifiers of that object.
• The object of a preposition may be a noun, a
  pronoun, or a verbal.

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Prepositional Phrases

• Example
• Rebecca applied her makeup for the school
  picture. (For is the preposition. The school
  picture modifies for.)

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Appositives

• An appositive is a noun or a pronoun placed
  beside another noun or pronoun to identify or
  explain it.
• Example
• The horse, Mr. Ed, is understood by
  humans. (Mr. Ed identifies horse.)

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Appositive Phrases

• An appositive phrase consists of an appositive
  and its modifiers.
• Example
• Mr. Ed, the star of his own TV show,
• is a horse understood by humans. (of his own
  TV show modifies the appositive star.)

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Infinitive, Prepositional, and Appositive Phrases

• 1.) To land an American on the moon became the
  national goal of the United States during the
  1960s. (I, noun)
• 2.) The tall building with the red roof is our
  new library. (P)
• 3.) We visited Boston Harbor, the site of the
  Boston Tea Party. (A)
• 4.) The Johnsons didnt leave until after eleven
  oclock. (P)

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• 4.) The Johnsons didnt leave until after
  eleven oclock. (P)
• 5.) Mom says I need to finish the dishes before
  I can go to the movies. (I, noun)
• 6.) The Kenai Peninsula is the home of the
  Alaska moose, the largest deer in the world.
• 7.) Our graduating class was planning to hold a
  re-union on Monday, January 1, 2001, the first
  day of the twenty- first century. (A)
• 8.) I did not have time to watch the football
  game on television. (I, adjective)
• 9.) The weather report advised people to take
  shelter in whatever was available. (P)
• 10.) These reptiles, natives of Africa,
  eventually found their way to North America. (A)