Participial and Prepositional Phrases

Find the participle:Sally could not sleep with that blinking light from the television's power button.

• sleep

• blinking

• could

• power

Identify the prepositional phrase: Fred ran into the pole because he didn't watch where he was going.

• where he was going

• into the pole

• because he didn't watch

• ran into

Standing on the corner of Hollywood and Vine

The underlined section is an example of what type of phrase

• Absolute

• Prepositional

• Appositive

• Participial

Frightened by the horror movie, Mike and Leroy turned on all the lights in the house.

The underlined section is an example of what type of phrase?

• Appositive

• Prepositional

• Absolute

• Participial

Sally, bored nearly to tears, did her best to make small talk with the stranger.

Which section is an example of a participial phrase?

• ,bored nearly to tears,

• did her best

• to make small talk

• with the stranger.

Which section is the prepositional phrase?

• The flowers

• for the wedding

• were delivered

• yesterday afternoon.

After the final bell, Muhammad Ali won the fight.

• Prepositional phrase

• Past (gerund) participial phrase

• Adverb clause

• Inifinitive phrase

Adorened with diamonds and pearls, my mom's necklace was a gift from her new male friend.

• Past participial phrase

• Appositive phrase

• Infinitive phrase

• Adverb clause

Identify the underlined phrase:

Parked by the side of the road, the patrolman waited for speeders.

• adjective phrase

• gerund phrase

• appositive phrase

• participial phrase

Identify the participial phrase: The cat, purring softly, lay on the windowsill.

• A) The cat

• B) purring softly

• C) lay on

• D) on the windowsill