Question

Which of the following are prepositional, appositive, or infinitive phrase fragments?
Check all that apply.
Luis saw John, his old dorm mate, at their college reunion.
My kids begged to go to the amusement park.
Football, a popular sport in many American high schools.
To take Bikram yoga classes every day and meditate.

Answer 1

Let's evaluate each of the phrases you've listed:

1. **Luis saw John, his old dorm mate, at their college reunion.**
- This contains an appositive phrase ("his old dorm mate") which provides additional information about "John."

2. **My kids begged to go to the amusement park.**
- This contains an infinitive phrase ("to go to the amusement park"), which serves as the object of the verb "begged."

3. **Football, a popular sport in many American high schools.**
- This is a fragment that contains an appositive phrase ("a popular sport in many American high schools") which provides additional information about "Football," but as written, it is not a complete sentence.

4. **To take Bikram yoga classes every day and meditate.**
- This is an infinitive phrase ("To take Bikram yoga classes every day") and could work in a sentence, but as it stands alone, it is a fragment.

Based on this analysis, the applicable phrases are:

- Luis saw John, his old dorm mate, at their college reunion. (appositive phrase)
- My kids begged to go to the amusement park. (infinitive phrase)
- Football, a popular sport in many American high schools. (appositive phrase fragment)
- To take Bikram yoga classes every day and meditate. (infinitive phrase fragment)

So the selected phrases that are fragments are:

- Football, a popular sport in many American high schools.
- To take Bikram yoga classes every day and meditate.