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Participle Phrases Present ParticipleSet 16

1Identify the errorThe mysterious woman walked toward the car holding an umbrella.

2Find the sentence with the reduced clause:As the weather was cold, we had to postpone the picnic.

3Choose the best answer.A great way to improve ..... skills is to keep trying new things. A. reason B. reasoned C. reasoning D. reasons'

4How can sentences 12 and 13 be effectively combined?12. The cat leaped onto the windowsill.13. It watched the birds outside.

5He worked at a museum .....

6We stood on the bridge ..... the two halves of the city

7A picture that shows the image of a person is a portrait.

8..... to the sound of the building site, she wished she wasn't there.

9It is possible that this is why it became the site of an early Neolithic monument complex ..... back to the period between 8500 and 7000 BC

10Choose the correct answer:A: What are you doing here?B: I'm on holiday. ......

11Which part of the sentence is a participial phrase and what does it describe? "Lost in thought, she almost missed her stop."

12We can expect ..... costs in lumber this month.

13Seeing an injured person by the roadside, my friend pulled over to help. Is this sentence correct?

14The dog ..... by the door is waiting for its owner.

15Running his fingers through his hair, Frank decided that he loved his new bowlcut.

16..... his homework, John went out to play soccer.

17Combine, transform, or analyze the sentence; choose the best option.Best reduction: 'Because he was ill, he stayed home.'

18..... the necessary qualifications, she was not hired for a job.

19Dolores noticed her cousin walking along the shoreline.the participial phrase in the above sentence is?

20The government is focusing on education, ..... the long-term economic prosperity of the nation.

21All the astronauts ..... the earth in space acpsules are weightless.

22I can't help you right away I'm ..... a blouse for your sister.

23The jumping monkey entertained everyone \{ Identify the type of Verb \}

24The people who worked there got a raise last year.

25Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions. Question 13: ..... the instruction, he snatched up the fire extinguisher. A. Read B. Having read C.Being read D.Being done

26What is the participle in this sentence?The cheering football fans enjoyed the Thanksgiving Day game.

27What type of verbal is used in the sentence "The dog barking loudly scared the cat"?

28Based on the suffix-ing, what does the word sniffing most likely mean?

29Identify the participleYawning widely, the student struggled to stay awake in class.

30If you buy stolen relics, you will help to create a black market, ..... to further destruction of the heritage site.

31A crop ripening in the sun can look beautiful.

32Identify the sentence with the correct use of present participle:

33What is the participle in the following sentence?We looked at the shooting star streak over the horizon.

34They run in a tight circle, ..... direction to avoid dizziness.

35Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence:Excited for the game, the fans cheered loudly. A) Excited for the game B) The fans C) Cheered loudly D) For the game

36Identify the participle phrase in the following sentence.The hummingbird, flitting quickly from flower to flower, held my attention for several minutes.

37The woman ..... next door is a famous singer.

38Complete the sentence:The book ..... on the table seems interesting.

39The man ..... at the corner is waiting for a taxi.

40Identify the participle in the following sentence.Taking her little brother to the movies, Susie wanted to avoid seeing any of her friends

41Choose the participial phrase in the sentence:Sitting on the bench, the old man fed the pigeons. A) Sitting on the bench B) The old man C) Fed the pigeons D) On the bench

42The building towering ten stories tall is a treasured landmark.

43He ate the remainder of the melting ice cream cake. What type of verbal is in red in the sentence above?

44What is the participle phrase?Looking intently at the map, Jerry found New Hope.

45Notices ..... residents of possible power outage were mailed out a week before crews began the work on the power line.

46The burglar, ..... everyone in the family had gone out, broke into the house through an open window.

47Which of the following sentences cannot be reduced?

48We saw the eagle soared above the mountains. What correction uses a participial phrase correctly?

49....., the military moved into action.

50Choose the word to complete blank (9) in the passage: "It is not surprising, therefore, that alpacas are (9) ..... a familiar sight in the fields (10) ..... North America, Australia and the UK."

51Identify the participle:The flying insect was a nuisance.

52Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence:'Excited about the trip, they packed their bags.'

53The people ..... the acrobat were horrified when the player fell to the ground

54A form of a verb that can act as an adjective.

55Which part of the sentence is a participle?Nate, Nathan, and Nathaniel took a walking tour of New York City.

56Identify to Non-finite verb. Anant was murmuring that it was his life time chance to meet and hear Pt. Ravi Shankar.

57Cars that need serious repairs will not be allowed on the road.

58The building collapsed, ..... two people.

59..... speaking three languages, she's also a great writer.

60A swan eats underwater plants. It finds these ..... its long neck deep into the water and its tail up into the air!

61Look! The children are ..... granny in the garden.