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The Tongue Untied, Predicate Nominative

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
At this site, the predicate nominative is explained in terms of sentence patterns. Has many examples.
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The Tongue Untied: Phrases

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This page, from a site for University of Oregon journalism students, provides definitions of phrase, prepositional phrase, participial phrase, gerund phrase, and infinitive phrase. It also provides a brief description of how phrases...
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The Tongue Untied: The Subjects

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Defines and explains how to find the subject of a sentence. Gives several examples of subjects in different types of sentences.
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The Tongue Untied: Interactive Pronoun Quizzes

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has two quizzes over pronoun usage. Also provides answers to each quiz.
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The Tongue Untied: Interactive Noun Quizzes

For Students 9th - 10th
A quiz covering noun usage. Answers provided.
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The Tongue Untied: Prepositional Phrase

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The Tongue Untied is a guide to grammar, punctuation, and style for journalists, and it has great information on the prepositional phrase. The site provides numerous examples along with information on usage and tips for recognizing...
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The Tongue Untied: Interactive Phrase Quiz #2

For Students 9th - 10th
A twenty-question quiz asking students to determine if the underlined phrase is an infinitive phrase, an appositive, a gerund phrase, a prepositional phrase, a clause, or a participial phrase.
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The Tongue Untied: Verbals: Gerunds

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site defines gerunds as verbal phrases and provides several examples, but it also goes through several steps to gerund identification.
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The Tongue Untied: Verbals: Participles

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site defines participles as verbal phrases (participial phrase) and provides several examples, but it also goes through several steps to participle identification.
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The Tongue Untied: Phrases: Infinitive

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
After examining the infinitive and the object of the infinitive in previous lessons, this lesson focuses solely on the infinitive phrase. A definition is provided along with several examples.
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The Tongue Untied: Verbals: Infinitives

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Part of a larger section on verbals, this site defines infinitives as verbal phrases and provides several examples, but it also goes through several steps to infinitive identification.
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The Tongue Untied: Pronouns

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Defines and distinguishes different types of pronouns.