Placement of Participial Phrases

Identify the participial phrase.
Max ran toward the cake falling off the table.

• ran toward the cake
• falling off the table
• falling off

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Preparing for the weather, Meg grabbed her raincoat and rain boots.

• Preparing for the weather
• grabbed her raincoat
• grabbed her raincoat and rain boots

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Mark quickly licked the ice cream dripping down his arm.

• quickly licked the ice cream
• licked the ice cream
• dripping down his arm

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Placing the cookies in the hot oven, Sam burned his arm.

• Placing the cookies
• Placing the cookies in the oven
• burned his arm

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The hummingbird, flitting quickly from flower to flower, held my attention for several minutes.

• flitting quickly from flower to flower
• held my attention

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Placing her money on the counter, the little girl smiled at the clerk.

• Placing her money
• Placing her money on the counter
• smiled at the clerk

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The exhausted runner gasping for breath crossed the finish line in record time.

• exhausted runner
• gasping for breath
• crossed the finish line in record time

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The actress rehearsing her lines performed in the show last night.

• rehearsing her lines
• performed in the show
• performed in the show last night

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My mom asked me to wash the dishes piling up in the sink.

• asked me to wash the dishes
• piling up in the sink

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The scouts roasting marshmallows around the fire told ghost stories to pass the time.

• roasting marshmallows
• roasting marshmallows around the fire
• told ghost stories to pass the time