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1. The first city attacked by the troops was in the middle of the desert.
2. Identify the participial phrase. Racing through the woods, her heart pounded as she grew closer to the house.
3. What is the participial phrase?Three-year-old Holly, delighted by her success, snowboarded down the bunny hill.
4. Which one is not the step to reduce an adverb clause?
5. What is the italic word modifying in the following sentence?Ginger, pulling the blue blanket over her head, refused to get out of bed.
6. We had eaten our dinner. Then we watched the firework.
7. Mandy marveled at the yard covered in a thick layer of snow.
8. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence:Some kinds of exercise require planning and expense.
9. What is a dangling participle?
10. In which sentence is the participial phrase capitalized?
11. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence.Poe, suffering great tragedy in his life, wrote disturbing stories.
12. Jeff Glor, a CBS news reporter, has a very nice smile. What interrupter am I seeing?
13. Identify the Participial Phrase in the following sentence. The swinging door makes scary noises at night.
14. Identify the participle in the sentence:I did not want to eat the burned potatoes that my mother cooked
15. Identify participial phrases:Relaxing on his back patio, Jeff fell asleep.
16. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence:Before she left, my mom told us about the new library planned for this neighborhood.
17. Which of the following is an example of a participial phrase used as an adjective?
18. Find the participial phrase:The pilot pushed on the yoke, changing the direction of the plane.
19. The students playing in the jazz band were talented. Identify the participial phrase.
20. Identify the participial phrase in the sentence:Records, cracked and warped, were in the old trunk in the attic.
21. Exercise 1:Identifying ParticiplesIdentify the Participle or Participial Phrase in the sentence.2. The slouching model soon found herself out of a job. (a)
22. EXERCISE 1:IDENTIFYING PARTICIPIAL PHRASES. Identify the participial phrase in the sentence. The man working at that desk rarely takes a break.
23. What is the participial phrase?The dog running across the street almost got hit by a car.
24. According to this sentence, what is running down the hallway? Running down the hallway, the lights were left on in the classroom.
25. Where's the participial phrase?Coming home, Scott dreamed of being a world-famous athlete.
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