ANSWERS:
Compare your answers to the ones typed below.  Read each one carefully.

1. Running through the woods one snowy morning, it was unbelievably cold.  (This sentence does not tell us who was running.)
• Incorrect fix: While running through the woods one snowy morning, it was unbelievably cold.  (This sentence still does not tell us who was running.)
• Fixed by changing the participle phrase to and adverb clasue: As Jacob ran through the woods one snowy morning, it was unbelievably cold.
• Fixed by putting the appropriate noun after the comma and rewriting the main clause: Running through the woods one snowy morning, Jacob was not discouraged by the unbelievably cold weather.
2. Hearing her name called over the loud speaker, what a surprise to find out Frannie had won the raffle!  (This sentence does not tell us who heard her name called out.)
• Fixed by putting the appropriate noun after the comma and rewriting the main clause: Hearing her name called over the loud speaker, Frannie was surprised to find out  she had won the raffle!

or
Hearing Frannie's name called over the loud speaker, the townspeople were surprised to find out that she had won the raffle!