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1. Rochelle and her sister finally went shopping for shoes.
2. What is the participial phrase?Miss Perry, talking about participial phrases, tripped over the pencil.
3. What is the participial phrase?Knocking over the trashcan, the raccoon ate the leftovers.
4. What is the participial phrase?The students left the school, celebrating the start of summer
5. What is the participial phrase in this sentence? Sitting at the lunch table, Sabrina ate her tuna sandwich with absolute delight.
6. Identify the participial phrase in the sentence:The children, fidgeting noisily, waited eagerly for recess.
7. What is the purpose of adding a participle or participial phrase?
8. What happens if a participial phrase concludes a main clause and modifies a word farther up in the sentence?
9. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence:By the twelfth century, a program challenging to both mind and body had been developed.
10. The cheering football fans enjoyed the Thanksgiving Day game.
11. The young men _____ by the institute are all university graduates.
12. What is the difference between a present participial phrase and a gerund phrase?
13. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence:'Broken into small pieces, the vase was lying on the floor.'
14. Identify the participlial phrases used in the sentence:Braking too late, Judy hit the stopped car in front of her.
15. Sometimes, life must be very unpleasant for people _____ near the airports.
16. Find the sentence with an appositive phrase.
17. Identify the participle(s) used as adjective(s) in the sentence:The sparkling water splashed in our faces.
18. Should the word "stealing" be moved as a participle or is this sentence correct as is? "I started stealing matches from Dad."
19. What/who does walking slowly modifies:'Walking slowly, the old man crossed the street.'
20. Which part of the sentence is a participial phrase? Books placed onto the cart will be put back when the library closes at 5:00 p.m.
21. Choose each type of pollution with its relevant words/ phrases8. artificial illumination, cities
22. Choose the sentence that contains a participial phrase.a) The sun sets in the west.b) The baby cried all night.c) The car, parked in the driveway, needs a wash.d) He ran to catch the bus.
23. What is the participial phrase in the following sentence?The other shoji slammed open, and unseen, Buntaro stamped away, followed by the guard.
24. EXERCISE 1:IDENTIFYING PARTICIPIAL PHRASES. Identify the participial phrase in the sentence. The path, worn smooth by millions of feet, leads to a spectacular view.
25. Which is the participle phrase? The water drained slowly in the pipe clogged with dog hair.
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