Exercises+on+Participial+Phrases

=Part A= Rewrite each sentence below, adding the [|participial phrase] given in parenthesis. Be sure to position the participial phrase so that it refers clearly and logically to a [|noun] in the [|main clause]. In other words, avoid [|misplaced modifiers] and [|squinting modifiers]. > (rumbling in the distance) > (encouraged by the polite applause of the audience) > (hanging by their tails from the branches) > (hanging by their tails from the branches) > (blazing over houses, farms, and fields) = = =Part B= Combine the sentences in each set below into a single clear sentence with at least one [|participial phrase]. Here's an example:
 * 1) I could hear thunder.
 * 1) Professor Legree repeated his favorite joke.
 * 1) The children gazed at the monkeys.
 * 1) The monkeys stared back at the children.
 * 1) I watched the sun rise over the ridge.
 * I stood on the roof of my apartment building at dawn.
 * I watched the sun rise through crimson clouds.

//Sample combination: Standing on the roof of my apartment building at dawn, I watched the sun rise through crimson clouds.// If you run into problems while working on this exercise, review the following pages:
 * [|Introduction to Sentence Combining]
 * [|Identifying Verbals]
 * [|Exercise in Adding and Arranging Participial Phrases]
 * [|Creating and Arranging Participial Phrases]

Exercise: Building Sentences with Participial Phrases
> I was sitting on the ground in a shady corner. > I was sitting with my back against the wall. > The ledge overlooked the narrow street. > I watched the children. > The children were frolicking in the first snow of the season. > The house was gray. > The house was weather-worn. > The house was surrounded by barren tobacco fields. > He bunched his cheeks like twin rolls of toilet paper. > His cheeks were fat. > The toilet paper was smooth. > The toilet paper was pink. > The roaches sang chanteys. > The roaches sang as they worked. > The roaches paused only to thumb their noses. > They thumbed their noses jeeringly. > They thumbed their noses in my direction.
 * 1) I took small sips from a can of Coke.
 * 1) I was sitting on the window ledge.
 * 1) The house sat stately upon a hill.
 * 1) Goldsmith smiled.
 * 1) The roaches scurried in and out of the breadbox.