Using Participial Phrases in Sentences Answers

Directions:

Underline the participle phrases in the sentences below.

Example:

Helen collects sunglasses made in the fifties and sixties.

1.      A hovercraft crosses a body of water on a cushion of air blown through jets in the underside of its hull.

2.      Chip describes himself as an innocent guppy swimming among the sharks.

3.      Laurel came to work wearing shorts, a blouse, a tailored jacket, sheer hose, and flat shoes.

4.      Heather wears adhesive bandages decorated with cartoon characters.

5.      The floor plan of the new house includes one room labeled as an atrium and another called a mud room.

6.      A barometer measures the weight of the air covering the earth’s surface.

7.      El Dorado was the fabled city of gold sought be early Spanish explorers in the New World.

8.      Isobars are lines on maps connecting points with equal barometric pressure.

9.      Greatcoats were the heavy overcoats worn by soldiers in the Revolutionary War.

10.  Because lasers can be focused accurately, they are used in communication devices transmitting as far away as the moon.

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