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English, 12.11.2020 22:10, babra

Highlight the gerund, participial, or infinitive phrases in the following sentences from the texts from this unit. Note the punctuation of each phrase. Then label the type of phrase.
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1. "able to sit in a paneled office/drafting memos in smooth English,/able to order in fluent Spanish/at a
Mexican restaurant."-Pat Mora, "Legal Alien"
Infinitive
2 "They rode away through our large garden, still bright green from the rains, and we turned back into the
twilight of the house and the sound of fans whispering in every room."-Santha Rau, "By Any Other
Name"
3. "It felt like worms and toads and slimy things were crawling out of my chest, but it also felt good, that
this awful side of me ad surfaced, at last."-Amy Tan, "Two kinds"
4. "Impressed with her, they worshiped the well-turned phrase, the cute shape, the scalding humor that
erupted like bubbles in lye."-Alice Walker, "Everyday Use"
5. "The lessons were mostly concerned with reading and writing.–Santha Rau, "By Any Other Name"

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