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1. Identify the participial phrase:The reporter describing the fiesta didn't reveal all of the colorful details.
2. Which of the following is a present participial phrase describing a black hole?A black hole is a region of space that is _____ matter.
3. How is the red word functioning in the following sentence? After the game, the losing team went home with no trophy.
4. As you walk through the trees you will see a beam of light passing through the branches.
5. What is the participial phrase modifying (describing)?The dog running across the street almost got hit by a car.
6. Tourists walk back to their hotel after watching the sunset on the rocks.
7. Find the PARTICIPLE. Melted snow is such a mess.
8. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence.The doctor, hoping for the best, examined the X-rays.
9. Select the sentence that does NOT contain a participial phrase.a) The flowers, blooming in the garden, smelled delightful.b) The boy, tired from playing all day, fell asleep.c) The teacher, grading papers, stayed late at school.d) The dog barked loudly.
10. The abandoned house was never visited on Halloween. Identify the participle.
11. Emma Sue was delighted when Professor Nguyen returned her perfect calculus test with an ear-to-ear grin.
12. Defying gravity, the magician surprised the audience by levitating above the ground.
13. What noun is the participial phrase modifying?The tourists admired the painting hanging in the museum.
14. Cal gave a stirring speech.
15. The children's favorite dishes were the stuffed turkey and the baked apples.
16. Which of the following sentences contains a participial phrase?a) The cat meowed loudly.b) She walked to the park.c) Smiling happily, he waved goodbye.d) The car drove quickly.
17. What is a sentence fragment?
18. The moving van was late.
19. Identify the participle in the following sentence. The prison guards looked all around, but the escaped prisoner could not be located.
20. Where's the participial phrase?The road leading to the lake has been washed away.
21. What word can be defined as agreeable; being friendly and sociable
22. Find the participle phrase:The computer, struck by lightning, erased all of my important files.
23. Complete the sentence by adding a participial phrase in the blanks.Labor unions _____ are resisting the introduction of robots into factories. (fear the loss of jobs for their members)
24. Identify the prepositional phrase:Fred ran into the pole because he didn't watch where he was going.
25. Which of the following is converted into a sentence with a participial phrase? I still have several things which remains to be done.
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