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Grade 9 Participles and Participle Phrases

Grade 9 Participles and Participle Phrases

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English

8th - 9th Grade

Practice Problem

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CCSS
L.1.4C, L.8.1A

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Caleb Gunnels

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Grade 9 Participles and Participle Phrases

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Participles and Participle Phrases

  • Participle = verb form used as anadjective

    • growing child

  • Gerund = verb form that acts a noun

    • loud, shrill howling

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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.

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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.

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Gerunds

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

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

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Multiple Choice

Identify the participle or gerund:

The friends enjoyed playing basketball.

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friends

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enjoyed

3

playing

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Multiple Choice

The underlined word is a participle or gerund?

The friends enjoyed playing basketball.

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participle

2

gerund

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Multiple Choice

Identify the participle or gerund:

The doomed Jabberwork stepped out of the woods.

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doomed

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Jabberwock

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stepped

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Multiple Choice

The underlined word is a participle or gerund?

The doomed Jabberwork stepped out of the woods.

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participle

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gerund

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stepped

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Multiple Choice

Identify the participle or gerund:

Loud ringing spread throughout the town.

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loud

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ringing

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spread

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Multiple Choice

The underlined word is a participle or gerund?

Loud ringing spread throughout the town.

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participle

2

gerund

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Multiple Choice

Identify the participle or gerund:

Smiling, he swung the bat.

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smiling

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swung

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bat

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Multiple Choice

The underlined word is a participle or gerund?

Smiling, he swung the bat.

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participle

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gerund

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bat

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