Question

Meteors, "known as shooting stars", may be seen on almost any clear night.

participial phrase
appositive phrase
gerund phrase
infinitive phrase

Answer 1

what troubles are you having?

Answer 2

i don't know what i should pick out of those four
participial phrase
appositive phrase
gerund phrase
infinitive phrase

Answer 3

so let's take things one option at a time... what's a participial phrase?

Answer 4

idk

Answer 5

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/phrases.htm

It's safe and free, i googled it right now. What's a participial phrase?

Answer 6

present or past participle

Answer 7

mkay, what part of speech is a participial phrase?

Answer 8

i don't really know

Answer 9

"Participial phrases always act as adjectives"

From that weblink I gave you.

Answer 10

i sea so i don't get the question which one is the correct one

Answer 11

it helps to define the part of speech of the phrase, so that you can figure out what type of phrase it is.

Answer 12

If participle phrases = ADJ, Gerund phrases = Noun, Infinitive = Noun, adj, adv (normally have the word "To" in the phrase), and Appositives are nouns that rename another noun, which one is it?

Answer 13

well i think its ADJ?

Answer 14

okay, so what can you do at this point?

Answer 15

no i change my mind its noun

Answer 16

wait, why is it a noun?

Answer 17

idk maybe im wrong

Answer 18

wait, what is the difference between an adj and a noun?

Answer 19

a noun is a part of speech typically denoting a person, thing, place or idea.
and a adj is a 'describing' word; the main syntactic role of which is to qualify a noun or noun phrase, giving more information about the object signified.

Answer 20

so what is that phrase doing? phrases can behave the same as words can.

Answer 21

what do you mean?

Answer 22

What is the part of speech of that phrase?

Answer 23

participial phrase

Answer 24

....yeah! :D

Answer 25

thanks!