Grade 9 Participles and Participle Phrases

Grade 9 Participles and Participle Phrases

Participles and Participle Phrases

• Participle = verb form used as anadjective

  • growing child

• Gerund = verb form that acts a noun

  • loud, shrill howling

Participles

• Present Participle --> ends in -ing

• growing child

• Past Participle --> ends in -ed

• troubled child

• Participial Phrase --> participle + modifiers/object/complements

• Focusing intently, the driver stopped in time.

Gerunds

• ends in -ing

• acts as a subject, direct object, predicate noun, obj of a preposition, gerund phrase

• subject --> Remodeling the building's style was a good idea.

• direct object --> Michael enjoys painting.

• predicate noun --> His favorite sport is fishing.

Gerunds

• Obj of a Prep --> Lucille never gets tired of singing.

• Gerund Phrase --> The loud, shrill howling continued all morning.

Multiple Choice

Identify the participle or gerund:

The friends enjoyed playing basketball.

• friends

• enjoyed

• playing

Multiple Choice

The underlined word is a participle or gerund?

The friends enjoyed playing basketball.

• participle

• gerund

Multiple Choice

Identify the participle or gerund:

The doomed Jabberwork stepped out of the woods.

• doomed

• Jabberwock

• stepped

Multiple Choice

The underlined word is a participle or gerund?

The doomed Jabberwork stepped out of the woods.

• participle

• gerund

• stepped

Multiple Choice

Identify the participle or gerund:

Loud ringing spread throughout the town.

• loud

• ringing

• spread

Multiple Choice

The underlined word is a participle or gerund?

Loud ringing spread throughout the town.

• participle

• gerund

Multiple Choice

Identify the participle or gerund:

Smiling, he swung the bat.

• smiling

• swung

• bat

Multiple Choice

The underlined word is a participle or gerund?

Smiling, he swung the bat.

• participle

• gerund

• bat

Questions?