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QuizMultiple Choice

Parts of Speech: Gerunds, Participles, and Infinitives

Question 6 • PARTA - EVP: PGCPS ENGLISH 12 OC (FALL2026) 791113

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

Answer
A
It uses a gerund to function as a participle.
B
It places the infinitive phrase in the wrong place.
C
It places the participial phrase in the wrong place.
D
It uses a prepositional phrase to function as an infinitive.

Explanation

“Materializing from the mist” is a participial phrase, and it should describe the noun that follows it. As written, it seems to describe “the alarm,” but the alarm is not what emerged from the mist; the ship did. The sentence places the participial phrase in the wrong place. A clearer version is: “Materializing from the mist, the ship heard the alarm warn it to steer quickly to the right of the rocks.”

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