APPOSITIVE & INFINITIVE

PHRASESMrs. Graham

October 2007

APPOSITIVE S

� Appositive: a noun or pronoun that is placed next to another noun or pronoun to identify it or give more information about it

� Appositive Phrases: an appositive plus any words that modify the appositive

� Ex: He is saving money to travel to

Notice that

appositive

phrases can

contain

prepositional

phrases.

information about it

� Ex: Ethan’s friend Julie also works at the bookstore. (The appositive Julie is essential because Ethan has more than one friend.)

money to travel to Bogota, the capitol of Columbia. (The appositive phrase identifies Bogota.)

INFINITIVES

� Infinitive: a verb form

that is usually

preceded by the word

to and is used as a

noun, an adjective, or

� Infinitive Phrase: an

infinitive plus any of

its complements and

modifiers.

� Ex: We stopped to noun, an adjective, or

an adverb.

� Ex: To stand can be

comfortable.

� Ex: Infants first learn

to crawl.

� Ex: His goal is to

graduate.

� Ex: We stopped to

look at the beautiful

scenery.

� Ex: To be a good

friend is my goal.

Again, notice that infinitive

phrases can ALSO contain

prepositional phrases!

SO….

Direct Object

Infinitive/Appositive Phrases

Subject/Predicate

Direct Object

Gerund and Participial Phrases

Indirect ObjectPrepositional Phrases

YOU TRY….

� The desire to do a good job was strong in Jake.

�Mr. and Mrs. Fibonacci hosted the twins,

Dorothy’s cousins.Dorothy’s cousins.

� Stockholm, the peaceful city on the lake, was the

next stop.

NEXTUP…….

Grammar

Section 2:

Clauses Clauses

and

Sentence

Structure