Part of Speech: Phrases?

Question

Hello,

Okay, I'm going to take my first exam in 1st year high school. My problem is that well...Honestly, I'm having a hard time in English, probably because I'm not English speaking. I'm not confident with my current knowledge with the subject. I'm having a hard time identifying the functions, also distinguishing between gerund and participial---seems like both are the same.

Basically I want to ask if you know some tips on how to identify the structure and function of a given phrase?e.g.

Structures: gerund,infinitive,participial,appositive... and prepositional

Functions: noun, adjective, and verb

Could you give me some tips on identifying the structure and function of a given phrase? Some advice?

Sincerely...

Answer 1

here you are, it's really valuable advice:

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get a good grammar book with exercises and do them all not skipping even one

:)

such sentences as

"I'm not confident with my current knowledge with the subject"

take you far away from passing any English exam

:O

it's not only about learning words, it's also about using them properly

:D