Participial Phrase

Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence:

Quickly checking over his answers, Patrick handed in his test just before time ran out.

• Quickly checking over his answers

• Quickly checking

• handed in his test

• before time ran out

Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence:

The participial phrase is underlined. Which word does it modify?

Jogging down the street, I realized that I'd forgotten to wear socks.

• I

• realized

• forgotten

• socks

What is the participial phrase?

Watching the sunset, the man's eyes filled with tears from its beauty.

• filled with tears

• watching the sunset

• from its beauty

• watching

Choose the sentence that uses a participial phrase correctly:

• The crying baby had a wet diaper.

• She was walking, carrying her shoes.

• Finished at last, he sat down.

• All of the above

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Which of the following is a participial phrase?

• Having finished the assignment

• Before the sunset

• In the morning

• The quick brown fox

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Bothered by the constant noise, Sarah changed seats.

• prepositional phrase

• participial phrase

• gerund phrase

• appositive phrase

• infinitive phrase

Identify the participial phrase used as an adjective in the sentence: Terrified by Ares' power, many Greeks did not like to worship him.

• Terrified by Ares' power

• many Greeks

• did not like

• to worship him

What is the participial phrase?

• Garrett grabbed

• on the hook

• grabbed his coat

• hanging on the hook

The participial phrase is underlined. Which word does it modify?

Shocked to see the astronaut on his bus, Superman begged her for an autograph.

• Superman

• begged

• her

• autograph