Participles and Participial Phrases - Edmond Public Schools

6. Banned in nineteen states ownership of big cats is nothing more than cruelty.
What is the best change, if any, to make to states ownership in the above sentence?
A states: ownership
B states, ownership
C states. Ownership
D No change.
7. Distinguished by its size, the tiger is the heaviest member of the cat family.
What is the best way, if any, to revise the above sentence?
A Distinguished by its size, the cat family recognizes the heaviest member as the tiger.
B Distinguished by its size, the cat family recognizes the tiger as the heaviest member.
C Distinguished by its size. The tiger is the heaviest member.
D No change.
8. Having the longest larynx, the most ferocious roar of all of the big cats is able to be
produced by the lion.
What is the best way, if any, to revise the above sentence?
A Having the longest larynx, the lion can make the most ferocious roar of all the big
cats.
B Having the longest larynx, the big cats' most ferocious roar of all is made by the lion.
C Having the longest larynx, of all the big cats, the most ferocious roar is made by the
lion.
D No change.
9. Declared illegal, the interstate sale and transportation of big cats was banned by the
Captive Wildlife Safety Act.
What is the best change, if any, to make to illegal, the in the above sentence?
A illegal the
B illegal: the
C illegal; the
D No change.
10. Calling for its mother in the wild the young Cheetah deserves the right to hear its
mother answer him, return to him, and raise him to adulthood.
What is the best change, if any, to make to wild the in the above sentence?
A wild. The
B wild, the
C wild; The
D No change.
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