2. Identify the participial phrase in the sentence below.

Picking up the pen, he signed his name on the guestbook.
A. Picking up the pen
B. he signed
C. signed his name
D. on the guestbook

3. Identify the gerund phrase in the sentence below.

Making coffee may not be easy as you think.
A. as easy as you think
B. Making coffee
C. may not be
D. as easy as

4. Decide whether the sentence below contains a misplaced and/or dangling modifier or no error.

They spotted a pod of killer whales driving along the ocean highway.
A. dangling
B. misplaced
C. both misplaced and dangling
D. no error

5. Identify the underlined portion of the following sentence.

After getting a part-time job,<-----
Alyssa had little time for socializing
A. noun clause
B. adjective clause
C. subordinate clause
D. independent clause

6. Identify the underlined portion if the following sentence.

Bamboo is the fastest-growing plant ---->that we know
A. noun clause
B. adverb clause
C.independent clause
D. subordinate clause

7. An adverbial clause is a subordinate clause that's is used as an adverb to modify a verb, an adjective or a(n)
A. adverb
B. noun
C. participle
D. pronoun

8. An infinitive can be used as all if the following except
A. as a noun
B. as a direct object
C. as an adverb
D. as adjective

9. Identify the infinitive phrase in the following sentence.

Wasps are starting to build a nest in our garage.
A. to build a nest
B. in our garage
C. are starting
D. starting to build