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emmagrace231 (emmagrace231):

Can someone please help me with this question? I have to turn this in today. I will medal, fan, and leave a testimonial for quick accurate responses

OpenStudy (anonymous):

wht is it

emmagrace231 (emmagrace231):

emmagrace231 (emmagrace231):

I didn't realize i didn't put it.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ok this is hard, I have no clue. im not good at these pharses with verbs and nouns

emmagrace231 (emmagrace231):

Same here.

emmagrace231 (emmagrace231):

@Study312

OpenStudy (study312):

it's just asking you to match definitions, so look up the definition then match it with the word

emmagrace231 (emmagrace231):

It's not asking for definitions. Those were phrases from a paragraph.

OpenStudy (study312):

The participial phrase is always used as an adjective phrase to modify a noun or pronoun. It includes the participle together with its modifiers, objects, or predicate words. The present participle form always ends in -ing, but the endings for past perfect and passive perfect participles may vary. ex. what passage looks something like this?

emmagrace231 (emmagrace231):

Defining the boundaries of an ecosystem?

OpenStudy (study312):

yes

OpenStudy (study312):

gerund phrase will begin with a gerund, an ing word, and will include other modifiers and/or objects. Gerund phrases always function as nouns, so they will be subjects, subject complements, or objects in the sentence.

OpenStudy (study312):

actually Defining the boundaries of an ecosystem is a greund

OpenStudy (study312):

gerund*

emmagrace231 (emmagrace231):

is this Correct?

OpenStudy (study312):

so participial is characterized by a large amount of biodiversity

OpenStudy (study312):

sorry my computer froze

OpenStudy (study312):

Looks about right

OpenStudy (anonymous):

I think you are right.

OpenStudy (bugj7):

Gerund = verb + ing. Defining Prepositions are small words = such as "within a "... Infinitive = to + verb - "to survive" Finally the last one must be the only one that is left - "Characterized ..."

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