Participles

Find the participle phrase:  Walking to the car, I tripped on a roller skate.

• Walking to the car
• On a roller skate
• To the car
• Tripped

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

Find the participle phrase:  The computer, struck by lightning, erased all of my important files.

• The computer
• Erased
• Struck by lightning
• All of my important files

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

Find the participle phrase:  Touched by the effort of her friends, Maria cried as she discovered her surprise party.

• Discovered her surprise party
• Cried
• Of her friends
• Touched by the effort of her friends

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

Find the participle phrase:  The assistant tried to help her boss, stressed because all of the work to be done.

• Tried to help her boss
• because of all of the work to be done
• Stressed because of all of the work to be done.
• Tried

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

Find the participle phrase:  Strutting across the stage, Brad was the picture of confidence.

• Across the stage
• Strutting across the stage
• Was the picture
• of confidence

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

Braving the elements, Roger continued his journey across Antarctica, the largest continent in the world.

• Braving the elements
• across Antarctica
• Roger continued his journey across Antarctica
• the largest continent in the world

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1E

Find the participle phrase:  The wedding dress worn by Kate Middleton is hanging up in a museum in England today.

• By Kate Middleton
• In a museum
• Hanging in a museum in England today
• The wedding dress

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

Find the participle phrase:  The girl singing the national anthem  is my cousin, Jamie.

• Jamie
• Is my cousin
• Singing the national anthem
• The girl

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

What is the participial phrase in the following sentence?
The lake, frozen over all winter, was finally thawing.

• The lake, frozen
• was finally
• frozen over all winter
• thawing.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

What is the participial phrase in the following sentence?
The horse trotting up to the fence hopes that you have an apple or carrot.

• The horse trotting up to the fence
• trotting up to the fence
• hopes that you have an apple
• or carrot.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A