Participles & Participial Phrases

What are the two ways a participle can end?

• -ly

• -ing

• -ed

• -ness

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CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

Identify the participle(s).
Marsha smiled sadly at the wilting flower.

• smiled
• wilting
• smiled, wilting

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CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

What is the participle in the following sentence?
The cascading waterfall poured down over the rocks.

• waterfall
• rocks
• over
• cascading

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CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

What is the participle in the following sentence?
Shivering, the couple ran out of the rain and into the house.

• shivering
• couple
• into
• house

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CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

Identify the participial phrase.
My mom asked me to wash the dishes piling up in the sink.

• asked me to wash the dishes
• piling up in the sink

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CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

What is the participial phrase in the following sentence?
Sweeping across the night sky, the bats hunted their prey.

• Sweeping across the night sky,
• the bats hunted 
• their prey.

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CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

Identify the participial phrase.
The actress rehearsing her lines performed in the show last night.

• rehearsing her lines
• performed in the show
• performed in the show last night

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CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

Identify the participial phrase.
The hummingbird, flitting quickly from flower to flower, held my attention for several minutes.

• flitting quickly from flower to flower
• held my attention

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CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

Identify the participial phrase.
Placing the cookies in the hot oven, Sam burned his arm.

• Placing the cookies
• Placing the cookies in the oven
• burned his arm

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CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

Identify the participial phrase.
Preparing for the weather, Meg grabbed her raincoat and rain boots.

• Preparing for the weather
• grabbed her raincoat
• grabbed her raincoat and rain boots

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CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A