1. flying
As the directions state, a participle is a verb. Both flying and headed are verbs. However, headed is used as an action verb in the sentence. It is what the geese are doing. Flying is an adjective describing the geese as "flying by". You should be able to cross out the participial phrase and the sentence will still make sense as in "The geese are headed south for the winter."
2. B. Clapping wildly.
Clapping wildly is the participial phrase. It describes the audience. Option C contains the main verb of the sentence "shouted" so this is not a participial phrase. Option D has an infinitive "to come".
3. cat
The participial phrase in the sentence is "hearing the footsteps of its owner". The cat is what hears the footsteps.
Proper Punctuation would be most likely to help.
Answer: C) Problem: Houdini did not like people being tricked out of their money. solution: Houdini faked a picture of Lincoln's "ghost" to expose the fraud
On the passage explaining how Houdini built his career, it is explained that he built it by creating original tricks and illusions. He created original illusions therefore he was not in cheap frauds and tricks that deceive people. The example use for that was the spirit photograph in which he tricked a photo into looking that he was being photograph next to Lincoln, exposing the fraud of the pictures.
