1. Read the following sentence:

Question

The cars passing by are filled with commuters.

Identify the present participle in the sentence.

(1 point)
Responses

passing
passing

filled

Answer 1

filled

Answer 2

2. Read the following sentence:

Clapping wildly, the audience shouted for the band to come back on stage for an encore.

Identify the participial phrase in the sentence.

(1 point)
Responses

to come back on stage
to come back on stage

Clapping wildly

Answer 3

Clapping wildly

Answer 4

3. Read the following sentence:

The knight, blushing under his visor, tried to ignore the jeers from the spectators.

The participial phrase blushing under his visor is set off with commas because it is _____.

(1 point)
Responses

essential
essential

nonessential

Answer 5

nonessential

Answer 6

4. Decide whether the sentence below contains a misplaced or dangling modifier:

We saw three fires flying over the forest.

(1 point)
Responses

misplaced
misplaced

dangling

Answer 7

dangling

Answer 8

5. Identify the underlined portion of the following sentence:

Jacob had to buy a new cell phone after dropping his old one in the pool.

(1 point)
Responses

subordinate clause
subordinate clause

independent clause

Answer 9

independent clause

Answer 10

6. Read the following sentence:

Cody poked at the embers glowing like lava in the charred fire pit.

Which word does the participial phrase modify?

(1 point)
Responses

lava
lava

embers

Answer 11

embers