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1. In the field of medicine, it will soon be normal to find robots _____
2. I am afraid of flying.
3. What is the participial phrase in the following sentence? The water drained slowly in the pipe clogged with dog hair.
4. Identify the participial phrase. They boarded the ship lying in the harbor.
5. Choose the participle below that would complete the meaning of the sentence. The powerful engine made a noise like a lion _____
6. Choose the participle in the following sentence:Knowing his aptitude, he should have scored more runs.
7. Does this sentence contain a dangling participle? He stared at the girl next to the vending machine wearing dark glasses.
8. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence:Demonstrating his ability to hunt, fence, and ride, a fourteen-year-old became a squire.
9. In which sentence is a noun and participial phrase capitalized?
10. Rewrite the following sentence using a participial phrase as an adjective:The boy who is holding a basketball is my brother.
11. Which of the following sentences correctly uses a present participial phrase to describe a quasar?
12. Which phrase in the sentence serves as a participial phrase? Changing all of his plans, Ricky realized how much COVID had impacted his social life.
13. The crying baby finally settled down when his favorite song came on. The participle in this sentence is _____
14. What noun is the participial phrase modifying? Sweeping across the night sky, the bats hunted their prey.
15. Past participles are removable. Verbs are not. Which sentence shows a removable past participle?
16. Working hard all day, the boys finished the job by dinner time.
17. What is the participial phrase?The dog, sniffing in the backyard, could not find his bone.
18. A present participial phrase _____ be removed from a sentence.
19. I have been shopping for new shoes.
20. Where is the best place to add this participial phrase "talking to my family" in the sentence "I can't live in fear of something as basic as fire" ?
21. EXERCISE 1:IDENTIFYING PARTICIPIAL PHRASES. Identify the participial phrase in the sentence. Exhausted by her effort, Myra slept for twelve hours.
22. On Thanksgiving Day, the decorated table was beautiful.
23. A present participle will have the following ending:
24. What is the participial phrase?Recognizing an old friend, Mark made sure to stop and say hi.
25. Which of the following is an example of a sentence fragment?
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