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Modifying Phrases

Authored by Sarah Williams

English

9th Grade

CCSS covered

Modifying Phrases
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence:

Quickly checking over his answers, Patrick handed in his test just before time ran out.

Quickly checking over his answers

Quickly checking

handed in his test

before time ran out

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is the participle in the following sentence?
Shivering, the couple ran out of the rain and into the house.

shivering

couple

into

house

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is the participial phrase in the following sentence?
The water drained slowly in the pipe clogged with dog hair.

The water drained slowly

slowly in the pipe clogged

clogged with dog hair.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is the participial phrase in the following sentence?
The horse trotting up to the fence hopes that you have an apple or carrot.

The horse trotting up to the fence

trotting up to the fence

hopes that you have an apple

or carrot.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is the participial phrase in the following sentence?
The lake, frozen over all winter, was finally thawing.

The lake, frozen

was finally

frozen over all winter

thawing.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What noun is the participial phrase modifying?
Searching the glove compartment, Evangeline looked for her sunglasses.

sunglasses

looked

compartment

Evangeline

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

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