Question

a. prepositional phrase e. infinitive phrase
b. appositive phrase f. absolute phrase
c. participial phrase
d. gerund phrase
The Pilgrims, members of a Protestant group "within the Church of England" who demanded reforms in doctrine and worship,sought religious freedom in America.

"The exterior walls exposed to the ocean's unrelenting salt spray,"
the Pilgrims' homes turned a beautiful silver-gray.

Many collectors try "to acquire stamps in special areas".
a. subject
b. adjective
c. adverb
d. predicate nominative
e. direct object
Some people prefer "collecting coins".

Select the letter of the choice that correctly identifies how the
word or phrase in quotes is used in the following sentence:
Many residents of Hawaii work in "fishing" and "weaving".
a. subject
b. direct object
c. predicate nominative
d. object of a preposition

One of many recreational activities that can be enjoyed in Hawaii
is "swimming in the clear blue sea".
a. subject
b. direct object
c. predicate nominative
d. object of a preposition

Answer 1

i dont quite understand it, I know that the first one might be A because its beginning with a noun

Answer 2

Use this website to study about the different terms you are to choose from for each question.
http://www.chompchomp.com/terms.htm

For example, in #1, "within the Church of England" is two successive prepositional phrases. Do you see it? Do you understand? Study prepositions and prepositional phrases in the chompchomp website to make sure.

Then let us know what you think about the others. No guessing!

Answer 3

Here's another website that will help you learn grammatical terms and sentence constructions.
https://www.englishclub.com/grammar/

Answer 4

Are the two successive prepositional phrases within and of?

Answer 5

Those are the two prepositions.

The two successive prepositional <b>phrases</b> are ~

within the Church
and
of England

Answer 6

So the second one would be B appositive? Because its separated with commas and it gives additional information.

Answer 7

It would really have helped if you had numbered these. Is this the second one?
<i>"The exterior walls exposed to the ocean's unrelenting salt spray,"
the Pilgrims' homes turned a beautiful silver-gray. </i>

Answer 8

yes, sorry about that.

Answer 9

That's a very poorly written sentence. I truly don't know what to make of it as it is! Better construction would be this:

Because the exterior walls were exposed to the ocean's unrelenting salt spray, the Pilgrims' homes turned a beautiful silver-gray.

Then you'd have an introductory adverbial clause plus the main clause. But I really don't know what to say about it as it's written.