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English for Tourism & Hospitality (108) by Prof. Adel AlSheikh 2020/2021

 Picnic basket in hand, she set off for her date.
 The guys attacked the pile of nachos, their fingers getting the

last bit of cheese off the plate.
 Their heads hanging down, the whole group apologized.
 The entire team, their uniforms muddy and stained, shouted for

joy.
Exercise: Identify the type of the underlined phrase in each of
the following sentences

1. She liked the shirt given to her by her grandmother.

(a) gerund (b) infinitive

(c) participle (d) appositive

2. We all sighed in relief, James having found his passport.

(a) gerund (b) infinitive

(c) participle (d) absolute

3. Does the captain want us to lower the sails before we enter the

harbor?

(a) gerund (b) infinitive

(c) participle (d) appositive

4. To celebrate their arrival at the villa, they all enjoyed a glass of

Sangria on the terrace overlooking the sea.

(a) prepositional (b) infinitive

(c) participle (d) absolute

5. As a souvenir, Mary bought herself a beautiful, oval-shaped, soft

pink pearl.

(a) noun (b) verb

(c) gerund (d) infinitive

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