Participles

Identify the participle phrase.

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

• Enjoying her victory

• jumped around

• in celebration

• threw her arms up

Identify the participle.

Judy hit the stopped car in front of her.

• in front

• stopped

• hit

Identify the participle.

William almost stepped on the snake hidden in the clump of monkey grass.

• stepped

• hidden

• stepped, hidden

Identify the participle(s).

My mom cringes each time she hears the crashing cymbals and pounding drums coming from my bedroom.

• crashing, cringes

• pounding, cringes

• crashing, pounding

Identify the participle.

Marsha smiled sadly at the wilting flower.

• smiled

• wilting

• sadly

Identify the participle.

The drowning boy struggled to keep his head above the water.

• drowning

• struggled

• above the water

Identify the participle phrase.

Defying gravity, the magician surprised the audience by levitating above the ground.

• Defying gravity

• surprised the audience

• by levitating

• above the ground

Identify the participial phrase.

Max ran toward the cake falling off the table.

• ran toward the cake

• falling off the table

• falling off

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.8.1A

CCSS.L.1.4C

Identify the participial phrase.
Mark quickly licked the ice cream dripping down his arm.

• quickly licked the ice cream
• licked the ice cream
• dripping down his arm

Tags

CCSS.L.8.1A