Disconnected Verbal Phrases

Application 4

Instructions Fix each fragment below by giving the verbal phrase a role to play in a complete sentence. The sentence provided by the computer (click the "answer" button) is just one of an infinite number of correct responses. Compare your answers, also, to those of your classmates. 1. Being left behind.      2. Tanned all over by the wind and the sun.      3. To make the best of a bad situation.      4. Taking a vacation in February with five friends.      5. To work extra hard for a reward.

CONTENTS MAIN PAGE 8.1 Pretest 8.2 Your Writing 8.3 Incomplete Verbs 8.4 Disconnected Prepositional Phrases 8.5 Disconnected Verbal Phrases 8.6 Disconnected Dependent Clauses 8.7 Review and Practice 8.8 Fun with Grammar 8.9 Return to Your Writing 8.10 Mastery Test