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Identify the participle in the sentence by clicking on the correct item in the list that follows.
The mountains towering over us were nothing but majestic. |
| | A) | mountains |
| | B) | towering |
| | C) | majestic |
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Identify the participle in the sentence by clicking on the correct item in the list that follows.
Exhausted, I fell asleep immediately. |
| | A) | exhausted |
| | B) | fell |
| | C) | immediately |
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Identify the participle in the sentence by clicking on the correct item in the list that follows.
Police were sure to arrest the customer assaulting the store manager. |
| | A) | sure |
| | B) | to arrest |
| | C) | assaulting |
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Identify the participles in the sentence by clicking on the correct item in the list that follows.
Badly beaten, the victim ran to the telephone and, trying to catch his breath, called the police. |
| | A) | beaten/trying |
| | B) | catch/called |
| | C) | badly/ran |
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Identify the participle in the sentence by clicking on the correct item in the list that follows.
Jerome will not buy any car made in a foreign country. |
| | A) | buy |
| | B) | made |
| | C) | foreign |
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Geese, flying high in the November sky, tell us winter is near.
Identify the adjective or adjectives in the sentence above by clicking on the correct response below. |
| | A) | Geese |
| | B) | flying, November |
| | C) | high, near |
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He felt like an intruder, unwelcome and unloved.
Identify the adjective or adjectives in the sentence above by clicking on the correct response below. |
| | A) | unwelcome, unloved |
| | B) | intruder, unwelcome |
| | C) | felt, unwelcome |
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He was prejudiced toward people with a hearing impairment.
Identify the adjective or adjectives in the sentence by clicking on the correct response below. |
| | A) | he, people |
| | B) | prejudiced, hearing |
| | C) | people, impairment |
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Young Rose was an old-fashioned girl.
Identify the adjective or adjectives in the sentence above by clicking on the correct response below. |
| | A) | young, Rose |
| | B) | old-fashioned, girl |
| | C) | young, old-fashioned |
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Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia, is a wonderful place for an ocean vacation.
Identify the adjectives in the sentence above by clicking on the correct response below. |
| | A) | Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia |
| | B) | place, vacation |
| | C) | wonderful, ocean |
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Click on the correct list of participles from the sentence that follows:
Credited for drafting the British North America Act and appointed as the first prime minister, John Alexander Macdonald, known as a Father of Confederation, is seen as one of the most colourful figures in Canadian history. |
| | A) | credited/appointed/colourful |
| | B) | credited/first/appointed |
| | C) | credited/appointed/known |
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Click on the correct list of adjectives from the sentence that follows:
Taught never to argue with customers, Mary Beth quietly picked up the expensive vase that the clumsy young man had broken. |
| | A) | taught/customers/vase/man |
| | B) | never/to argue/picked/had broken |
| | C) | taught/expensive/clumsy/young |
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Click on the correct list of adjectives from the sentence that follows.
Sirloin steak, Caesar salad, and mashed potatoes make a great dinner. |
| | A) | steak/salad/potatoes |
| | B) | sirloin/Caesar/mashed/great |
| | C) | sirloin/salad/dinner |
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Click on the correct list of adjectives from the sentence that follows:
The ocean in Atlantic Canada, though chilly in June, is warm enough for swimming in July and August. |
| | A) | though/enough/swimming |
| | B) | new/chilly/warm |
| | C) | June/July/August |
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Click on the correct list of adjectives from the sentence that follows.
Cape Cod offers luxurious resorts, inviting restaurants, and excellent shopping. |
| | A) | luxurious/inviting/excellent |
| | B) | resorts/restaurants/shopping |
| | C) | luxurious/resorts/shopping |
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Click on the correct list of adjectives from the sentence that follows:
Born of a humble English family in 1642, Isaac Newton studied at Cambridge University. |
| | A) | Born/family/Newton/University |
| | B) | Born/humble/English/Cambridge |
| | C) | humble/Newton/studied/at |
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Click on the correct list of adjectives from the following sentence.
As a young man, Isaac Newton showed amazing skill in the theoretical sciences. |
| | A) | as/showed/skill/ |
| | B) | showed/theoretical/sciences |
| | C) | young/amazing/theoretical |
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Click on the correct list of adjectives from the sentence that follows:
Remembered today for many discoveries in optics, astronomy, and kinetics, Isaac Newton is the father of modern science. |
| | A) | remembered/many/modern |
| | B) | today/discoveries/father |
| | C) | optics/astronomy/kinetics |
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Click on the correct list of adjectives from the sentence that follows:
Sometimes, says Hal Borland, "the January wind seems to come from the farthest star in the outer darkness, so remote and so impersonal is its voice." |
| | A) | sometimes/wind/seems/darkness/voice |
| | B) | January/wind/star/darkness/voice |
| | C) | January/farthest/outer/remote/impersonal |
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Click on the correct list of adjectives from the sentence that follows:
A large crow landed on the ancient stone wall. |
| | A) | large/landed/wall |
| | B) | large/ancient/stone |
| | C) | crow/landed/wall |
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