Verbals l1-Practice

Identify the participle in the following sentence.
The prison guards looked all around, but the escaped prisoner could not be located.

• looked
• escaped
• located
• no participle present

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CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

Identify the participle in the following sentence.
Getting ready for bed, Samantha brushed her teeth and combed her hair.

• getting
• brushed
• combed
• no participle present

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CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

Identify the participle in the following sentence.
Carla searched the entire mall, wanting to get the perfect dress for homecoming.

• searched
• wanting
• homecoming
• no participle present

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CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

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

• taking
• wanted
• seeing
• no participle present

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CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

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.

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CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

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.

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CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

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.

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CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

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.

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CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

Identify the infinitive phrase in the sentence. - Are you planning to climb the mountain on Saturday?

• to climb
• on Saturday
• Are you planning
• to climb the mountain

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CCSS.L.8.1A

Identify the infinitive. - My cat is going to sleep all day.

• is going
• My cat
• to sleep
• to sleep all day

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CCSS.L.8.1A