Final answer:
The correct construction of the sentence is not listed, but the closest is option C. The sentence should be "I got the first prize in the running race." Review questions involve identifying participial, prepositional, gerund, or infinitive phrases in given sentences.
Step-by-step explanation:
The correct order of the sentence is "I got the first prize in the running race." This sentence structure includes the subject "I," the verb "got," and the object "the first prize," followed by the prepositional phrase "in the running race" which tells us the context in which the prize was won. The answer is most similar to option C, but option C is missing the word "the" before "running race," which is necessary as it specifies which running race is being spoken about. Therefore, the correct and complete sentence is not listed in the provided options, but the closest one is C.
Review Questions
- Underline and identify the participial, prepositional, gerund, or infinitive phrase(s) in each sentence.
- 1. "On Thursday" is a prepositional phrase, "to move a couch" is an infinitive phrase functioning as an adverb.
- 2. "If your shoes have a lot of surface area" is a conditional phrase, "through a snow drift" is a prepositional phrase, and "hiking" is a gerund functioning as the subject of the sentence.
- 3. "Already exhausted by the second quarter" is a participial phrase modifying "we."
- 4. "To win" is an infinitive phrase functioning as an adjective modifying the noun "honor."
- 5. "Hoping against all hope" is a participial phrase, and "to cross the country" is an infinitive phrase functioning as an adverb describing the purpose.