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Modifiers
This unit will test the student's ability to recognize verbals (gerund, participial, and infinitive phrases).

This activity contains 25 questions.

Question 1
1 Identify the verbal phrase: Turning the corner, Jack nearly bumped into his former girlfriend.
 
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Question 2
2 Identify the verbal phrase: Maintaining a 4.0 average has been very challenging for William this semester.
 
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Question 3
3 Identify the verbal phrase: A small gray kitten stood on my porch, crying piteously.
 
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Question 4
4 Identify the verbal phrase: Nobody wanted to volunteer an answer.
 
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Question 5
5 Identify the verbal phrase: Teresa truly appreciated Mike's driving her to the airport.
 
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Question 6
6 Identify the verbal phrase: Having been warned about the wild buffalo, the spectators returned to their vehicles.
 
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Question 7
7 Identify the verbal phrase: To get the best deal on a hotel room, you should call the hotel directly.
 
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Question 8
8 Identify the verbal phrase: Jeremy's old truck, rusted and dented, is his favorite mode of transportation.
 
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Question 9
9 Identify the verbal phrase: We found little Scotty in the garden, pulling up the carrots one by one.
 
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Question 10
10 Identify the verbal phrase: Amber bought the latest Anne Tyler novel to read on the plane.
 
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Question 11
11 Identify the verbal phrase: The park rangers warned us about feeding the wild animals.
 
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Question 12
12 Identify the verbal phrase: To fully appreciate the humor of the situation, you must understand how stoic Mark is.
 
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Question 13
13 Identify the verbal phrase: Playing baseball for the Texas Rangers is Cliff's dream.
 
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Question 14
14 Troy rode his bicycle 80 miles yesterday, training for next week's big race.
 
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Question 15
15 Identify the verbal phrase: The dinner speaker asked the people in the audience to turn off their cell phones.
 
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Question 16
16 Identify the verbal phrase: Coach Jeffries complimented the team for raising the level of play in last week's game.
 
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Question 17
17 Identify the verbal phrase: To get to Gastonia, take Interstate 85 all the way from Atlanta.
 
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Question 18
18 Identify the verbal phrase: When Tim was a child, he earned money by collecting soda cans along the highway.
 
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Question 19
19 Identify the verbal phrase: In my opinion, driving along Highway 101 is one of the most enjoyable vacations you will ever experience.
 
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Question 20
20 Identify the verbal phrase: I wanted to talk to you about next week's dinner party.
 
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Question 21
21 Identify the verbal phrase: Detectives searched the apartment carefully, looking for clues the burglar left behind.
 
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Question 22
22 Identify the verbal phrase: Seeing her name in print as a guest columnist thrilled Tamika.
 
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Question 23
23 Identify the verbal phrase: To avoid morning rush hour traffic, we leave for work at 6:30 a.m.
 
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Question 24
24 Identify the verbal phrase: Gerald claims that his favorite vacation activity is taking afternoon naps.
 
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Question 25
25 Identify the verbal phrase: I'll never understand why you teased that cat, knowing that it has a foul temper.
 
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