DIRECTIONS: In these sentences based on
Gulliver’s Travels
, underline each participial phrase and identify the noun or pronoun it modifies. Underline each gerund phrase and identify its function in the sentence.
1. Filled with spectators, the streets soon emptied as we passed by.
2. Are there other kingdoms inhabited by human creatures as large as yourself?
3. It is allowed that the primitive way of breaking eggs was upon the larger end.
4. His imperial majesty, placing great confidence in your valor and strength, has commanded me to lay this account of his affairs before you.
5. I found avoiding accidents to be extremely difficult.
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