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Looking outside the house, I heard a loud noise.
A. Skill Building
Construct sentences using three different forms of the same verb.
Use the underlined word in parentheses as subjects.
His song is boring to hear.
His song bores me.
I am bored to hear his song.
1. frightening, frighten, frightened ( thunder)
2. interesting, interest, interested (movie)
3. depressing, depress, depressed ( result of the test)
4. irritating, irritate, irritated ( manners)
5. amazing, amaze, amazed ( attitude)
B. Test Your Knowledge!
Determine whether the following sentences are dangling or not.
1. Leaking blue ink everywhere, the teacher threw away the broken
pen.
2. Filled with desperate hunger, the homeless children stole some
food.
3. Taking three licks to get to the center, the owl took a chunk out of
the lollipop.
4. Scared of venomous squirrels, the car was Billy’s only escape.
5. Having hidden really well, the Sorianos gave up on looking for
Bob.
6. Tired of teaching about plagiarism, Ernest set the papers on fire.
7. Wishing doom on her co-worker, secret thoughts travelled
through Sophia’s mind.
8. Procrastinating from doing actual work, Harry Potter is discussed
among the staff.
9. Flying low to the ground, Jim saw the crop-duster zip across the
field.
10. Rising on the horizon, the blazing sun signaled a brand new sky.
DRAFT
C. Don’t Dangle Your Participles!
Work with a partner and rewrite the following sentences to correct
April
the dangling or misplaced
10,
participial phrase.
2014
1. Having finished the assignment, the TV was turned on.
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2. Placed in a tiny bundle, we left the newspapers at the door.
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Grade 9 English Learning Package