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What is a large, hairy-legged cockroach that has spied my bowl of oatmeal
The insect, a large, hairy-legged cockroach that has spied my bowl of oatmeal, is crawling across the kitchen table.
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What is To finish her shift without spilling another pizza into a customer's lap
To finish her shift without spilling another pizza into a customer's lap is Michelle's only goal tonight.
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What is trotting up to the fence
The horse trotting up to the fence hopes that you have an apple or carrot.
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What is on the bathroom floor
The book on the bathroom floor is ruined.
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What is appositive
Margaret Mitchell’s novel Gone with the Wind won the Pulitzer Prize in 1937 and was made into a movie in 1939. What type of phrase is Gone with the Wind
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What is the messiest eater at the table
During the dinner conversation, Clifford, the messiest eater at the table, spewed mashed potatoes like an erupting volcano.
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What is to survive Dr. Peterson's boring history lectures
The best way to survive Dr. Peterson's boring history lectures is a sharp pencil to stab in your thigh if you catch yourself drifting off.
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What is clogged with dog hair.
The water drained slowly in the pipe clogged with dog hair.
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What is from Beverly
The note from Beverly confessed that she had eaten the leftover pizza.
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What is a participial
Removing his pants, Ron jumped into the water to save the child. removing his pants is what type of phrase
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What is a hot-tempered tennis player who charged the umpire and tried to crack the poor man's skull with a racket
Upset by the bad call, the crowd cheered Robbie, a hot-tempered tennis player who charged the umpire and tried to crack the poor man's skull with a racket.
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What is To avoid burning another bag of popcorn
To avoid burning another bag of popcorn, Brendan pressed his nose against the microwave door, sniffing suspiciously.
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What is Eaten by mosquitoes,
Eaten by mosquitoes, we wished that we had made hotel, not campsite, reservations.
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What is Before class
Before class, Josh begged his friends annoyingly.
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What are prepositional phrases
We stayed at the cabin by the river. at the cabin and by the river are what type of phrases
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What is run away or fight
There are two choices at this time: run away or fight.
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What ist o be perfectly honest
Those basketball shoes, to be perfectly honest, do not complement the suit you are planning to wear to the interview.
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What is eating the last of the leftover pizza
After a long day at school and work, LaShae found her roommate Ben eating the last of the leftover pizza.
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What is at Tito's Taco Palace
Feeling brave, we tried the Dragon Breath Burritos at Tito's Taco Palace
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What is To see the northern lights in person
To see the northern lights in person is incredible. To see the northern lights is what type of phrase
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What is a good gnawable beef bone.
“Christmas Eve afternoon we scrape together a nickel and go to the butcher’s to buy Queenie’s traditional gift, a good gnawable beef bone.”
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What is to flirt with the cute guys who congregate at the food court.
Janice and her friends went to the mall to flirt with the cute guys who congregate at the food court.
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What is Glazed with barbecue sauce
Glazed with barbecue sauce, the rack of ribs lay nestled next to a pile of sweet coleslaw.
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What is in the vegetable bin
The sweet potatoes in the vegetable bin are rotten,
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What is a participial phrase
Removing his glasses, the professor shook his head with disappointment. Removing his glasses is what type of phrase
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