Participial Phrases

Identify the participial phrase.

Enjoying her victory, Monica jumped around wildly and threw her arms up in celebration.

• Monica

• jumped around wildly

• threw her arms up

• Enjoying her victory

Identify the participial phrase.

Braking too late, Judy hit the car in front of her.

• hit the car

• in front of her

• Braking too late

• Judy

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.1

For dinner, Cindy enjoyed a hamburger topped with lettuce, onions, and ketchup.

• enjoyed a hamburger

• topped with lettuce, onions, and ketchup

• For dinner

• hamburger

Max ran toward the cake falling off the table.

• falling off the table

• the cake

• toward

• Max

Mark quickly licked the ice cream dripping down his arm.

• dripping down his arm

• ice cream

• quickly licked

• Mark

What is the definition of a Participial Phrase

• Verbs ending in ed and ing used as adjectives

• Verbs ending in ing used as nouns

• to+verb: used as adjective, adverb, or noun

• Phrases to rename something

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

• gerund
• participial 

Jamming too much clothing into a washing machine will result in disaster.

• gerund
• participial

Eating ice cream on a windy day can be a messy experience if you have long, untamed hair.

• gerund
• participial 

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

CCSS.L.9-10.4B

The water drained slowly in the pipe clogged with dog hair.

• gerund
• participial