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Participle Phrases Present ParticipleSet 15

1In fact, the ancient city had been discovered by Malcolm Hardy, the employed archaeologist digging in the ancient burial grounds near the Andes Mountains.

2The dog wearing the red collar is Mack's pet. What word is being modified?

3Picking up pollen dust on their feet, butterflies move from flower to flower.

4At the office, you will be photographed for your personal ID card ..... your name, photo, and ID number.

5Which of the following words is a participle?

6I believe there is somebody ..... on the door.

7Jessica and her friends saw me in the movie. I stood near the ticket box ..... to my girlfriend.

8While watching the sunset, you will be amazed by the beauty of nature.

9The kittens crouching under the bed have refused to come out.

10Charlie, towering over everyone, needed to help people reach the top shelf.

11The burglar was caught red-handed by the police when he broke into the flat.

12Choose the correct rewrite-ing clause of:Since Julie had nothing left to do, she went home.

13Identify the participle phrase in the following sentence: "The students, excited about the trip, boarded the bus."

14I looked out of the window and saw Dan ..... his bike along the road.

15In which sentence can you write:having?

16Hurry up! we must run to the bus stop. I can see a bus .....

17A verb that functions as an ADJECTIVE in a sentence

18Choose the correct reduced form:Although he was tired, he continued working.

19The reduced form of The man who is sitting there is my uncle is:

20He sprang up to his feet. He ran away.

21The scientists who discovered the new element won a Nobel Prize.

22Identify the Non-finite form of verb from the following sentences.A rolling stone gathers no moss.

23Complete the sentence using a reduced adverb clause: " ..... confident in his answers, he submitted the test early."

24The squirrel ran across the back yard, hoping the dog wouldn't catch it.

25Identify the Type of Verbal or Verbal Phrase in the sentence below:The scary llama staring in my window wants me to come outside.

26Current policies ....., the government decided to try a new approach to the issues.

27..... you don't like seafood, I've cooked some chicken too.

28As he was walked towards a bench, suddenly, his clumsy classmate,..

29II. is/are +-ing form of verbsDirections: Choose your answer from the given choice s to make the sentences correct.Jamie ..... cookies with her mommy.

30Choose the correct reduced relative clause version of the sentence. Only one option is correct. The woman who is talking to the manager looks angry.

31He was singing.

32The guitarist ..... in the gig isn't usually a member of the band.

33The crying baby wanted its mother.

34Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence. Then tell what word the phrase modifies.Surprised by our gift of a new winter coat, Grandmother began to cry for joy.

35Identify the participle in the following sentence:David's new running shoes were bright yellow.

36Who is the girl ..... to your sister?

37The fish is ..... in the pond

38Which word is a participle?I saw a little boy hiding in the shadows of the old building.

39In the following sentence, what noun/pronoun does the participle "hoping" modify? Hoping to find her lost dog, Linda searched the animal shelter.

40Fill in the blank: The car sat in the driveway, its engine .....

41Identify whether the bolded main verb in the sentence is a Present Participle or a Past Participle: Mr. Chen is reserving the tickets.

42Find the PARTICIPLE.The girl had an annoying way of laughing.

43I laughed when I saw my neighbor, Mr. Bean, yelling at people in his long underwear in the street.

44The man ..... fruit and vegetables has sold lots of produce today.

45Ocean water also will expand if it warms, ..... further to sea level rise.

46In the sentence "The barking dog kept us awake," what type of verbal is "barking"?

47A speeding tanker truck ..... gas crashed and exploded in a huge fireball along a highway near Mexico City.

48Unable to run the entire 42 kilometers, she decided to drop out of the race, ..... her a heat stroke.

49Reduced:The cat ..... on the windowsill is mine.

50Fill in the blank with the participle that acts as an object complement:We watched the team ..... their victory.

51Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence.Covering about 5,400,00 square miles, Antarctica is larger than the continent of Australia.

52Her son, Risyad is watering the plants. His sister, Julia is ..... the weeds. Everyone in the family loves working in the garden.

53Having recorded the results of the experiment, Kate closed her notebook.

54..... in the hospital for 4 years, he had decided to give up his work.

55Participle or Verb?The sound of running water put the baby to sleep.

56Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.Southern Spain's Costa del Sol, ..... from Nerja in the east to Manilva in the west, is one of the most fascinating tourist areas in the world.

57Looks like a verb, acts like an adjective. Usually ends in-ed,-en, or-ing

58The nurse walked into the ward, ..... quietly to the patients.

59The geographic position of North America, ..... in the early days of the European settlement.

60Example for Present Participle Prepositions:

61This distant astronomical object resides only in galaxieswith supermassive black holes ..... billions oftimes the mass of the sun.