Participles

Participles are verbs that are being used in the sentence as

• nouns

• adjectives

• adverbs

• verbs

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

Participles modify (describe)

• nouns & pronouns

• adjectives & adverbs

• verbs

• prepositions

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

Identify the participle(s).

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

• cringed, heard

• pounding

• crashing, pounding

• cringed

• heard

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

Identify the participle(s).

Marsha smiled sadly at the wilting flower.

• smiled

• wilting

• smiled, wilting

• sadly

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

Identify the participle(s).

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

• drowning

• struggled

• drowning, struggled

• drowning, surging

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

Identify the participle.

Shivering, the couple ran out of the rain and into the warm house.

• shivering

• couple

• into

• warm

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

Identify the participle(s).

The sobbing child held his injured knee.

• The

• sobbing

• child

• sobbing, injured

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

Identify the participle.

The cascading waterfall poured down over the rocks.

• waterfall

• rocks

• over

• cascading

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

Identify the participle(s).
Braking too late, Judy hit the stopped car in front of her.

• Braking
• stopped
• Braking, stopped

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

Identify the participle(s).
William almost stepped on the snake hidden in the clump of monkey grass.

• stepped
• hidden
• stepped, hidden

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A