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What noun is the participial phrase modifying?
Sweeping across the night sky, the bats hunted their prey.

• night
• sky
• bats
• prey

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Which of the following revisions would you make to keep the meaning of the sentence and use the active voice? The race was won.

• Someone won the race.
• The race was won by someone.
• The winner of the race was determined.
• The race was won by the person who finished first.

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When did they introduce bungee jumping?
When ...

• did bungee jumping introduced?
• was bungee jumping introduced?
• were bungee jumping introduced?
• was introduced bungee jumping?

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Last year I ____ on holiday to England.

• did go
• went
• goes
• when

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Chefs _____________________ follow recipes.

• have to

• has to

• don't have to

• doesn't have to

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This _____ my camera

• is
• are
• am
• aren't

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Why is the word in blue a gerund?

Whomping the children was Mrs. Brennan’s job on Halloween because she was dressed as the Willow from Harry Potter.

• Because it comes first

• Because it is a fun word

• Because it is the subject of the sentence

• Because it is the object of a preposition

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A participial phrase...

• Always contains to+verb

• Always begins with an -ing verb

• Always contains a past tense verb

• Can always be deleted from the sentence

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Choose the correct option

__________ she buy in the supermarket?

Yes, she ___________

• do /does

• does / does

• does / do

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“Don’t smoke!”

• She told me not to smoke.

• She told me do not to smoke.

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