Participles

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

• smiled
• wilting
• smiled, wilting

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

Identify the participle(s).
My mom cringes each time she hears the crashing cymbals and pounding drums coming from my bedroom.

• crashing
• pounding
• crashing, pounding

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

Identify the participial phrase.
Max ran toward the cake falling off the table.

• ran toward the cake
• falling off the table
• falling off

Tags

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

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

Identify the participial phrase.

Placing her money on the counter, the little girl smiled at the clerk.

• Placing her money
• Placing her money on the counter
• smiled at the clerk

Tags

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

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

What is the participle in the following sentence?
The sobbing child held his injured knee.

• The
• sobbing
• child
• held

Tags

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

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

Participles function as what part of speech?

• Nouns

• Adverbs

• Verbs

• Adjectives

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

What is the participle in the following sentence: Homesteaders needed fenced land to farm.

• Needed

• Land

• To farm

• Fenced

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A