Parts of Speech: Gerunds, Participles, and Infinitives

Question 1

Read the sentence.Hiking along merrily, we maintained a sedate pace because we liked to heartily enjoy the stream bubbling its way beside us.

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the participial phrase “bubbling its way”

Question 2

Read the sentence.The administrator of the company, the woman overseeing the department, added new personnel to better augment the existing sales force.

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to better augment

Question 3

Read the sentence.Once the scientist completed to assemble the components, she tested her new device to see if it performed as expected.

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assembling

Question 4

to practicethe practicing ofpractice forto do a practice on

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the practicing of

Question 5

Read the sentence.A performer must create a dynamic connection to shine on the stage.

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as an adverb

Question 6

Read the sentence.Materializing from the mist, the alarm warned the ship to steer quickly to the right of the rocks.

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It places the participial phrase in the wrong place.

Question 7

When a sentence includes a participial phrase, the phrase functions as a(n):

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adjective

Question 8

Which sentence uses a participial phrase correctly?

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He laboriously studied the birds migrating to the local sanctuary.

Question 9

Read the sentence.Scheduled too hectically, the misbegotten tour zigzagging from state to state left the reporter weary from the road.

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scheduled too hectically

Question 10

To avoid confusion from a misplaced modifier, a participial phrase should be placed

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next to the noun it describes.

Parts of Speech: Gerunds, Participles, and Infinitives Answers

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