Modifying Phrases

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•
English
•
9th Grade
•
Hard
+4
Standards-aligned
Sarah Williams
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15 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
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
Tags
CCSS.L.1.4C
CCSS.L.8.1A
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is the participle in the following sentence?
Shivering, the couple ran out of the rain and into the house.
shivering
couple
into
house
Tags
CCSS.L.1.4C
CCSS.L.8.1A
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is the participial phrase in the following sentence?
Sweeping across the night sky, the bats hunted their prey.
Sweeping across the night sky,
the bats hunted
their prey.
Tags
CCSS.L.1.4C
CCSS.L.8.1A
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is the participial phrase in the following sentence?
The water drained slowly in the pipe clogged with dog hair.
The water drained slowly
slowly in the pipe clogged
clogged with dog hair.
Tags
CCSS.L.1.4C
CCSS.L.8.1A
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is the participial phrase in the following sentence?
The horse trotting up to the fence hopes that you have an apple or carrot.
The horse trotting up to the fence
trotting up to the fence
hopes that you have an apple
or carrot.
Tags
CCSS.L.1.4C
CCSS.L.8.1A
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is the participial phrase in the following sentence?
The lake, frozen over all winter, was finally thawing.
The lake, frozen
was finally
frozen over all winter
thawing.
Tags
CCSS.L.1.4C
CCSS.L.8.1A
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What noun is the participial phrase modifying?
Searching the glove compartment, Evangeline looked for her sunglasses.
sunglasses
looked
compartment
Evangeline
Tags
CCSS.L.1.4C
CCSS.L.8.1A
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