particepels and participial phrases

Select the participial phrase:

More oil reserves, hiding in the southeast, were also found in the 1920's.

(a)  

Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence:

Confused by the identical twins, Mr. Evola threw up his hands in wonder.

(a)  

What is the participial phrase in the following sentence?

We caught two bass, hauling them in briskly as though they were mackerel, pulling them over the side of the boat and stunning them with a blow on the back of the head.

• we caught two bass

• hauling them in briskly as though they were mackerel

• pulling them over the side of the boat

• stunning them with a blow on the back of the head

True or False?
A participle modifies a verb.

• True
• False

What noun is the participial phrase modifying?

The tourists admired the painting hanging in the museum.

• tourists

• painting

• hanging

• museum

What is the participial phrase?

Watching the sunset, the man's eyes filled with tears from its beauty.

• filled with tears

• watching the sunset

• from its beauty

• watching

Choose each type of pollution with its relevant words/ phrases

8. artificial illumination, cities

• A. visual pollution

• B. radioactive pollution

• C. light pollution

Does the following sentence contain a past or present participial phrase?

Around her waist was a wide pink ribbon, tied in back with a bow.

• past

• present

• neither

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

Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence:

The children playing in the park belong to the school next door.

• playing in the park

• school next door

• belong to the school

• in the park