Phrases & Their Functions
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- Do you want to meet at the corner?
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- to meet at the corner?
- Inf - D.O.
- at the corner?
- Prep - Adverb
- We are eager to go.
- to go.
- Inf - Adverb
- One way to relax is to listen to classical music.
- 3
- to relax
- Inf - Adjective
- to listen to classical music.
- Inf - Predicate Nominative
- to classical music.
- Prep - Adverb
- I am ready to leave.
- 1
- to leave.
- Inf - Adverb
- We are waiting to talk with the principal.
- 2
- to talk with the principal.
- Inf - Adverb
- with the principal.
- Prep - Adverb
- The soup is still too hot to eat.
- 1
- to eat.
- Inf - Adverb
- To excel, one must practice.
- 1
- To excel,
- Inf - Adverb
- This summer she hopes to travel in the West.
- 2
- to travel in the West.
- Inf - D.O.
- in the West.
- Prep - Adverb
- To hike through the woods is fun.
- 2
- To hike through the woods
- Inf - Subject
- through the woods.
- Prep - Adverb
- To forgive is sometimes difficult.
- 1
- To forgive
- Inf - Subject
- Our assignment was to read I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.
- 1
- to read I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.
- Inf - Predicate Nominative
- We were asked to examine Maya Angelou's descriptions of her childhood.
- 2
- to examine Maya Angelou's descriptions of her childhood.
- Inf - D.O.
- of her childhood.
- Prep - Adjective
- To grow up in Stamps, Arkansas, in the 1930's was to know great hardship.
- 4
- To grow up in Stamps, Arkansas, in the 1930's
- Inf - Subject
- in Stamps, Arkansas,.
- Prep - Adverb
- in the 1930's
- Prep - Adverb
- to know great hardship.
- Inf - Predicate Nominative
- Maya Angelou tried to show the every day lives of African-Americans during the great depression.
- 3
- to show the every day lives of African-Americans during the great depression.
- Inf - D.O.
- of African-Americans during the great depression.
- Prep - Adjective
- during the great depression.
- Prep - Adjective
- To accomplish this purpose meant including many descriptions; one such passage told about the process for curing pork sausage.
- 5
- To accomplish this purpose
- Inf - Subject
- including many descriptions;
- Gerund - D.O.
- about the process for curing pork sausage.
- Prep - D.O.
- for curing pork sausage.
- Prep - Adjective
- curing pork sausage.
- Gerund - O.P.
- Angelou has an extraordinary ability to capture vivid details in her writing.
- 3
- to capture vivid details in her writing.
- Inf - Adjective
- in her writing.
- Prep - Adverb
- writing.
- Gerund - O.P.