Placement of Participles

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 

• their prey.

Identify the participle(s).My mom cringes each time she hears the crashing cymbals and pounding drums coming from my bedroom.

• crashing

• pounding

• crashing, pounding

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

What is the participle in the following sentence?
The sobbing child held his injured knee.

• The

• sobbing

• child

• held

A participial phrase must be placed closest to the noun it modifies. Looking at the two sentences, which makes the most sense?

• Carrying a heavy pile of books, his foot caught on a step.

• Carrying a heavy pile of books, he caught his foot on a step.

Identify the participial phrase: Diving near a reef, the marine biologist saw a shark.

• Diving near a reef,

• the marine biologist

• saw a shark

• none of the above.

Identify the participles in the sentence: A peeled and sliced cucumber can be added to the salad.

• peeled

• sliced

• peeled and sliced

• can be added

Any gathering __________ food is an attractive invitation.

• involveing

• invloving

• involving

• Involeving

The cascading waterfall poured down over the rocks.

• waterfall

• rocks

• over

• cascading

What is the participial phrase in the following sentence? Running through the park, the dog chased the ball.

• A) Running through the park,

• B) the dog chased

• C) the ball

• D) through the park