Participles I
DIRECTIONS:UNDERLINE THE PARTICIPLE AND CIRCLE THE NOUN WHICH IT
MODIFIES IN EACH OF THE SENTENCES BELOW.

1 After the storm the falen tree blocked the entire road

2 The cheering fans quickly filed the stands as the game began

3. School was canceled because of the freezing temperatures and
possble snow storm

4. Aunt Jana was pleased with the handwritten notes that she received in
the mal for her birthday

5. The shooting star stood out in the dark night sky

6. The book had several tom pages which made it hard to read

7. Baked bread is the special of the week at the local bakery

8. The running water flowed out into the floor and eventualy, out into the
hallway

9. Jason has to have his lucky catching mitt before he can play baseball

10. A new clothing store will be opening up downtown next week

11. Before next summer we need to replace the diving board as it is several years old.

12. The forgotten jacket was left in the list and found for over a year.

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How did rick respond to this conflict

Read the excerpt from the war of the worlds, in which the crowd begins to disperse just before the first martian exits the cylinder.when i returned to the common the sun was setting. scattered groups were hurrying from the direction of woking, and one or two persons were returning. the crowd about the pit had increased, and stood out black against the lemon yellow of the sky—a couple of hundred people, perhaps. there were raised voices, and some sort of struggle appeared to be going on about the pit. strange imaginings passed through my mind. as i drew nearer i heard stent's voice: "keep back! keep back! "a boy came running towards me."it's a-movin'," he said to me as he passed; 'a-screwin' and a-screwin' out. i don't like it. i'm a-goin' 'ome, i am."what options accurately depict the impact of the boy's words on pacing within the excerpt? (select all that apply.)the war of the worldsthe setting is in england, so the boy's words provide the reader with the dialect of the area. even though that slows down the plot, the boy's words contain important information.the plot's forward movement is slow at the beginning of the excerpt because there is little action. the boy's words increase the tension and counteract that lag.the narrator is not close enough to see clearly into the pit, so the boy's words provide the narrator with the information he needs, which moves the plot forward.the boy's words serve to speed up the pacing of the plot because, as he is talking to the narrator, he is running past him to get away.the narrator is not close enough to see clearly into the pit, so the boy's words provide the narrator with the information he needs, which moves the plot forward.wrong? the boy's words serve to speed up the pacing of the plot because, as he is talking to the narrator, he is running past him to get away.