Is a verb that modifies a phrase.

Includes the word to and a verb as the basis of a modification of a root sentence.

Consists of a person, place, or thing and any modifiers.

Consists of verbals ending in -ing or -ed, or another irregular form of a verb, and serves as an adjective.

Is a modifying parenthetical or subordinate phrase of a root sentence that includes a subject but does not have an acting verb so cannot stand on its own as sentence.

Is a participle that modifies a phrase.

Consists of a preposition and a noun or pronoun that serves as the preposition’s object, and often one or more adjectives.

includes a verbal, a hybrid that functions as a noun (or adjective).

Is a preposition that modifies a phrase.

It was a story as old as time.

He was waiting for the rain to stop.

Once upon a time, the lady lived here.

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The bewildered tourist was lost.

Saturday became a cool, wet afternoon.

The sports car drove the long and winding road.

Taking my dog for a walk is fun.

Going for ice cream is a real treat.

She organized a boycott to make a statement.

Washed with my clothes, my cell phone no longer worked.

My favorite pastime, needlepoint, surprises some people.

To make lemonade, you have to start with lemons.

Signing autographs takes time.

Singing for his supper was how he earned his keep.

Sailing into the sunset was the perfect end to the book.