Participles

​I. Participles

​A. Definition: A verb that acts as an adjective
B. Look like: End with "ing" or "ed"
C. Example: The jumping frog landed on the rock.
D. Example: Frustrated, the little girl cried and threw a fit.

Multiple Choice

What is the participle?

The sitting duck looked like it was dead.

• sitting

• looked

• duck

• dead

Multiple Choice

What is the participle?

Complaining, the students did not want homework.

• homework

• students

• complaining

• want

Multiple Choice

What is the participle?

The cooked pasta was a little dry to eat.

• pasta

• little

• dry

• cooked

II. Irregular Participles

A. End oddly- en, ught, nt
B. Example: The green, broken lamp needs to be repaired.

Multiple Choice

What is the participle?

That fallen tree is blocking the road.

• that

• fallen

• blocking

• road

Multiple Choice

What is the participle?

Forgiven, Kyle was glad to be friends with John again.

• glad

• again

• forgiven

• was

III. Verb or participle?

A. Verbs are actions and not descriptions
B. Often a verb will have a helping verb- is, are, was, were
C. Example: I taught the class about participles.
D. Example: The choir was singing a beautiful song.

See the difference?

Participle- Everyone enjoyed the baked cookies for dessert.
Verb- The cookies baked in the oven.

Multiple Choice

Participle or Verb?

The sound of running water put the baby to sleep.

• Verb

• Participle

Multiple Choice

Participle or Verb?

The couple danced together until the sun came up.

• Verb

• Participle

Multiple Choice

Participle or Verb?

The clumsy boy had tripped over his own two feet.

• Verb

• Participle

Multiple Choice

Participle or Verb?

Smiling, the mother gathered her toddler into her arms.

• Verb

• Participle

Multiple Choice

Participle or Verb?

Lebron's super fan rubbed his eyes to be sure he wasn't dreaming.

• Verb

• Participle

Participial Phrases

​A. Add a noun: Singing the song, Taylor Swift messed up the words.

Participial Phrases

​B. Add an adjective: Singing the popular song, Taylor Swift messed up the words.

Participial Phrases

​C. Add an adverb: Singing loudly, Taylor Swift messed up the words.

Participial Phrases

​D. Add a prepositional phrase: Singing at the concert, Taylor Swift messed up the words.

Participial Phrases

​E. Add some or all 4: Singing the popular song loudly at the concert, Taylor Swift messed up the words.

Multiple Choice

What is the participial phrase?

Smiling at her boyfriend, Kelsey was super happy.

• Smiling

• Smiling at her boyfriend

• Smiling Kelsey

• super happy

Multiple Choice

What is the participial phrase?

The quarterback running quickly with the ball was tackled.

• running

• running quickly

• running with the ball

• running quickly with the ball

Multiple Choice

What is the participial phrase?

Frightened by the noisy fireworks, the dog hid under the table.

• Frightened

• Frightened dog

• Frightened by the noisy fireworks

• hid under the table

Multiple Choice

What is the participial phrase?

The teacher interrupted constantly became frustrated with the class.

• frustrated

• frustrated with the class

• interrupted

• interrupted constantly

Multiple Choice

What is the participial phrase?

Taken by the greedy children, the candy in the bowl was now gone.

• Taken by the greedy children

• Taken

• Candy in the bowl

• was now gone