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Parts of Speech: Gerunds, Participles, and Infinitives Answers

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

A
at the beginning of the sentence.
B
at the end of the sentence.
C
next to the noun it describes.
D
next to the verb it describes.
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A
to practice
B
the practicing of
C
practice for
D
to do a practice on
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How should the sentence be revised to replace the infinitives with gerunds? Check all that apply.

A
by changing “To host” to “Hosting”
B
by changing “to clean” to “cleaning”
C
by changing “to organize” to “organizing”
D
by changing “to the part” to “parting”
E
by changing “to the rooms” to “rooming”
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Which sentence contains a gerund?

A
During the night, the temperature plummeted twenty degrees.
B
To navigate the winding road safely, we concentrated intensely.
C
On the first torrid day of summer, we always enjoy swimming.
D
The contemptible birds singing in the yard annoyed us all night.
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Which sentence uses a participial phrase correctly?

A
She wrote the preliminary letter using her favorite pen.
B
Scrimmaging on the field, the coach watched the players.
C
Playing rambunctiously in the yard, the nanny laughed at the kids.
D
He laboriously studied the birds migrating to the local sanctuary.
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Read the sentence.To the best of our knowledge, he decided that his major would be acting.

A
a conjunction
B
a gerund
C
an infinitive
D
a participle
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Read the sentence.The teenagers went to town to muse over whether going to college or to university was the better choice.

A
to town
B
to muse
C
to college
D
to university
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When a sentence includes a participial phrase, the phrase functions as a(n):

A
noun
B
verb
C
adjective
D
adverb
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Read the sentence.Materializing from the mist, the alarm warned the ship to steer quickly to the right of the rocks.

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.
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Which are true about participles? Check all that apply.

A
Participles modify nouns.
B
Participles modify pronouns.
C
Participles modify verbs.
D
Participles modify conjunctions.
E
Participles modify adverbs.

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