ENG 11 Grammar: 19.2 Verbals--Participles

Exercise 1: Identifying Participles

Identify the Participle or Participial Phrase in the sentence.

1. Expecting good news, the student raced to the mailbox.

• raced to the mailbox

• raced

• Expecting good news

• good news

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CCSS.L.11-12.1

CCSS.L.11-12.3

Exercise 1: Identifying Participles

Identify the Participle or Participial Phrase in the sentence.

2. The slouching model soon found herself out of a job.

• slouching

• found herself

• found herself out of a job

• soon found herself

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CCSS.L.11-12.1

CCSS.L.11-12.3

Exercise 1: Identifying Participles

Identify the Participle or Participial Phrase in the sentence.

3. The key witness, protected by two guards, has arrived.

• arrived

• key

• by two guards

• protected by two guards

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.1

Exercise 1: Identifying Participles

Identify the Participle or Participial Phrase in the sentence.

4. I, having auditioned yesterday, waited for the results.

• having auditioned yesterday

• auditioned yesterday

• waited for the results

• for the results

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CCSS.L.11-12.1

CCSS.L.11-12.3

Exercise 1: Identifying Participles

Identify the Participle or Participial Phrase in the sentence.

5. The soccer players, having grown faint from thirst, gratefully accepted the cold oranges.

• gratefully accepted the cold oranges

• accepted the cold oranges

• soccer

• having grown faint from thirst

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CCSS.L.11-12.1

CCSS.L.11-12.3

Exercise 1.5: Identifying Words being Modified by Participles and Participial Phrases

Identify the word being modified by the underlined Participle or Participial Phrase in the sentence.

6. We drink purified water in our home.

• We

• drink

• water

• home

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.1

Exercise 1.5: Identifying Words being Modified by Participles and Participial Phrases

Identify the word being modified by the underlined Participle or Participial Phrase in the sentence.

7. Famished from exercise, the wrestler at a whole pizza.

• wrestler

• ate

• whole

• pizza

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.1

Exercise 1.5: Identifying Words being Modified by Participles and Participial Phrases

Identify the word being modified by the underlined Participle or Participial Phrase in the sentence.

8. The chef, having buttered the bread, warmed it in the oven.

• warmed

• it

• chef

• oven

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CCSS.L.11-12.1

CCSS.L.11-12.3

Exercise 1.5: Identifying Words being Modified by Participles and Participial Phrases

Identify the word being modified by the underlined Participle or Participial Phrase in the sentence.

9. Impeached by the legislature, the politician headed home.

• headed

• home

• legislature

• politician

Exercise 1.5: Identifying Words being Modified by Participles and Participial Phrases

Identify the word being modified by the underlined Participle or Participial Phrase in the sentence.

10. Hitting the shelf, I almost dislodged the jar of fruit.

• dislodged

• I

• jar

• fruit

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.1

CCSS.L.11-12.3