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1. Does the following sentence contain a past or present participial phrase?A wide pink ribbon was tied in back with a bow.
2. Identify the participial phrase. The scouts roasting marshmallows around the fire told ghost stories to pass the time.
3. The problem of most developing countries is the rapidly _____ population which is not supported by a strong economy.
4. Some plants growing at an angle can straighten themselves up.
5. What is the definition of a Participial Phrase
6. Choose the correct participial phrase in the sentence:'The cake, baked by my mom, tasted delicious.'a) baked by my momb) tasted deliciousc) The caked) by my mom
7. The boy by his teacher cannot answer the question.
8. Choose the participial phrase:
9. Where is a comma needed to make this sentence correct? Jody seeing her sister in need of new clothes, passed down some of her old clothes.
10. A gerund functions as _____
11. The baby's teeth look very shiny since they were just brushed by his mother.
12. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence:The horse trotting up to the fence hopes that you have an apple or carrot.
13. The cat, locked inside the crate, hissed at the mouse and snarled at the rickety fan.
14. What is the italic word modifying in the following sentence?Spewing out smoke, the diesel truck chugged up the hill.
15. Which of the following sentences correctly uses a past participial phrase to describe a nebula?
16. What is the participial phrase in the following sentence?The child, relinquished by the nurse, rushed across the room and rooted shyly in her mother's dress.
17. Three teenagers treated in the emergency room yesterday required stitches.
18. I'm going to ride the bicycle
19. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence:'Excited about the trip, they packed their bags.'
20. Frozen by the winter storm, the flower never bloomed and eventually died.
21. Curled up inside a big one-meter drainage pipe that ran under the road, she had her baseball glove in her mouth, and she was rocking back and forth, banging her head repeatedly against the back of the pipe.
22. Jack, dribbling speedily down the court, caused a full-on collision with Brandon. What interrupter are you seeing?
23. Identify the participle in each example:shooting star:crying babies:frozen food:burned toast
24. Change to the progressive passive participle! (present action)The music which is being played now is by Bach.
25. What is the italic word modifying in the following sentence?Puttering around in his basement workshop, Dad is able to forget the troubles of the day.
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