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Basic Practice Exercises - Adjectives and Adverbs
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1
Identify the participle in the sentence by clicking on the correct item in the list that follows.
Excited by the news, Jeanine rushed home.
A)excited
B)news
C)rushed
2
Identify the participle in the sentence by clicking on the correct item in the list that follows.
Dripping wet, the puppy jumped out of the bath and shook herself all over us.
A)dripping
B)wet
C)shook
3
Identify the participle in the sentence by clicking on the correct item in the list that follows.
Evicted from his apartment, Arnold found himself homeless.
A)evicted
B)apartment
C)found
4
Identify the participle in the sentence by clicking on the correct item in the list that follows.
Recalling the horrors of the Holocaust, my grandfather began to cry.
A)recalling
B)horrors
C)to cry
5
Identify the participle in the sentence by clicking on the correct item in the list that follows.
Jamie wept openly, his dream destroyed.
A)Jamie
B)openly
C)destroyed
6
Identify the participle in the sentence by clicking on the correct item in the list that follows.
Screeching, the small bird told its mother it was hungry.
A)screeching
B)small
C)hungry
7
Identify the participle in the sentence by clicking on the correct item in the list that follows.
The man wearing the fez is Ahmed.
A)man
B)wearing
C)Ahmed
8
Identify the participle in the sentence by clicking on the correct item in the list that follows.
Caught in the act, the thief gave up easily.
A)caught
B)act
C)thief
9
Identify the participle in the sentence by clicking on the correct item in the list that follows.
I stayed home, having nowhere else to go.
A)stayed
B)having
C)to go
10
Identify the participle in the sentence by clicking on the correct item in the list that follows.
Suddenly, the old bicycle broke apart, scattering bits of rusty metal.
A)suddenly
B)apart
C)scattering







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