Participial and Gerund Phrases Quiz

True or False?
If a word ends in -ed or -ing, it must be a verb.

• True
• False

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

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What type of phrase is in red?
Trembling with rage, she stalked out. 

• infinitive
• participial
• gerund
• appositive

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

What is the red word modifying (describing) in the following sentence?

Tara was getting worried that she may not pass the math test, thinking how little she knew about equations.

• Tara

• test

• she

• equations

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CCSS.RL.9-10.4

How is the red word functioning in the following sentence?

After the game, the losing team went home with no trophy.

• verb

• adjective

• direct object

• subject

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.3

Is the highlighted word/phrase a VERB or a PARTICIPLE?

Jill and Terry were tired from working out in the yard.

• verb/verb phrase

• participle/participle phrase

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.4B

How does a participial phrase function in a sentence? 

• It shows a relationship between two words.
• It describes the noun next to it.
• It renames the noun in front of it. 
• It is the action in the sentence.

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

CCSS.L.9-10.3

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

• hunted their prey.

• across the night sky

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Find the Gerund Phrase:

Coloring eggs is an activity that belongs to another holiday.

• coloring

• coloring eggs

• to another holiday

• coloring eggs is an activity

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Find the Gerund Phrase:
Making New Year's Resolutions is another tradition to think about adopting.

• making New Year's Resolutions
• to think about adopting
• making
• is another tradition

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Find the Gerund Phrase:
Playing jokes on people seems a strange way to celebrate a holiday.

• playing jokes on people
• to celebrate a holiday
• to celebrate
• playing jokes

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.1B