Participles Introduction

Participles

​Participles are a type of verbal.

Verbals look like verbs but serve another job in the sentence.

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Example:

The exhausted campers found a crumbling school.

Exhausted describes campers.

Crumbling describes school.

Found is the actual verb in the sentence.

A participle is a verb form that acts as an adjective. (adjectives are describing words)

Participles

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Past Participles: end in -ed or -en for the most part

They act like adjectives.

Ex. The deserted building was old.

Deserted describes the building.

There are 2 types of participles.

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Present Participles: end in -ing

Don't confuse them with gerunds. They act like adjectives NOT nouns.

Ex. Creaking eerily, the door swung open.

Creaking describes the door.

Participle Phrases

Participle phrases consist of participles and modifiers. They go to the verb or the punctuation.

Ex. They spied a shape lurking in the darkness.

Lurking in the darkness describes the shape.

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Multiple Choice

Identify the participle.

Washington Irving's story "the Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is still a frightening story.

• frightening

• story

• irving

• is still

Multiple Choice

Identify the participle.

A schoolmaster named Ichabod Crane falls in love with Katrina.

• falls

• in love

• named

• with

Multiple Choice

Identify the participle.

Annoyed by Ichabod, Brom turns against him.

• annoyed

• turns

• against

• him

Multiple Choice

Identify the participle.

When I heard about the singing competition, I thought about participating.

• participating

• thought

• singing

• heard

Multiple Choice

Identify the participle.

I was shaking as I clenched a wrinkled sheet of music in my hand.

• shaking

• was shaking

• wrinkled

• clenched

Multiple Choice

Identify the participle.

"Jogging is my favorite sport," the trained athlete said.

• jogging

• said

• favorite

• trained

Multiple Choice

Identify the participle.

The listening boy was an exemplary student always praised by the teacher.

• listening

• exemplary

• praised

• was

Multiple Choice

Identify the participle.

The frustrated mother listened to both of her children crying.

• listened

• to both

• crying

• frustrated

Multiple Choice

Identify the participle.

Glowing in the dark, the fireflies attracted the small child.

• small

• child

• attracted

• glowing