Brushstrokes Practice Quizizz #1

Which sentence contains a participle phrase?

• The raccoon, a scavenger, enjoys eating turtle eggs.

• Melody froze, dripping with sweat, hoping with all her might that they wouldn’t hear the noise.

• The boxer, cruel and demented, felt no compassion for his contender.

• The old white-whiskered rancher rode the runaway horse into town.

Which sentence contains an absolute phrase?

• Yelling, cursing, whining, the man hit his hand with a hammer.

• Hector, a professor, wrote an interesting novel.

• Feet scrambling, hands clawing, the climber slid down the rock.

• The pink car stood out from all of the other cars.

An absolute phrase contains...

• a verb form

• a noun

• a noun and an -ing verb

• two -ing verbs

In the sentence, "Smiling, laughing, giggling, the students enjoyed the quiz," the first three words are...

• nouns

• verbs

• adjectives

• pronouns

The elephant, an angry 1,200 pound beast, charged the lions.

• absolute

• appositive

• participle phrase

• adjectives out of order

The stony mountain, lofty and dark, stood before us.

• absolute

• appositive

• participle

• adjectives out of order

Bodies warming, we cozied up to the fire.

• absolute

• appositive

• participle phrase

• adjectives out of order

The clear sky, blue and crisp, seemed to go on forever. 

• absolute

• appositive

• participle phrase

• adjectives out of order

My brother's car, a sporty red convertible with bucket seats, is the envy of my friends.

• absolute

• appositive

• participle phrase

• adjectives out of order

For many students, school is merely a detention cell, a prison, a facility of incarceration established to bring about anguish and despair.

• absolute

• appositive

• participle phrase

• adjectives out of order