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Use the drop-down menus to identify the underlined phrase in each sentence. The students carrying boxes into their new dorm rooms were exhausted at the end of the day. To text in the middle of a movie is rude to other moviegoers. Skiing down that slope was exhilarating!

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Selection 1:participial phrase
Selection 2:infinitive phrase
Selection 3:gerund phrase
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Use the drop-down menus to identify the underlined phrase in each sentence. A statue of great size stood in front of the castle. Let’s take a photograph of the beautiful mountain. The family who lives next door asked me to babysit for their twins.

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Selection 1:adjectival phrase
Selection 2:adjectival phrase
Selection 3:adverbial phrase
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Which sentence contains a phrase that adds a specific detail about time?

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My dog loves running around the park.
B
I lost my necklace on top of the hill.
C
The house next door to me is getting new windows.
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For several months, my sister was addicted to playing tennis.
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Which revision best uses a phrase to combine the first two sentences?

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There was a raging forest storm.
B
Deep in the forest, a storm was raging.
C
To escape the storm, forest animals hid.
D
To the animals of the forest, a storm raged.
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The following sentence has a misplaced modifier.The team raced to the field armed with their bats, balls, and mitts to practice for the game.Which revision best corrects the error in the sentence?

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The team raced to the field to practice for the game, armed with their bats, balls, and mitts.
B
The team raced to the field to practice armed with their bats, balls, and mitts for the game.
C
Armed with their bats, balls, and mitts, the team raced to the field to practice for the game.
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The team raced armed with their bats, balls, and mitts to the field to practice for the game.
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The following sentence has a dangling modifier.Filling the bicycle tires with plenty of air, the bicycle seemed to race faster.Which revision best corrects the error in the sentence?

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The bicycle seemed to race faster, filling the bicycle tires with plenty of air.
B
The bicycle, filling the bicycle tires with plenty of air, seemed to race faster.
C
Carmen found that she could race faster, filling the bicycle tires with plenty of air.
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By filling the bicycle tires with plenty of air, Carmen found that she could race faster.
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