Participial Phrases

Find the participle: The ship sailed within striking distance.

• sailed

• ship

• striking

• distance

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

Find the participle: The children took off their snowy jackets and crowded by the warming fire.

• warming

• crowded

• took

• snowy

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

Find the participle:Sally could not sleep with that blinking light from the television's power button.

• sleep

• blinking

• could

• power

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

Find the participle: The startled cat jumped high into the air.

• cat

• air

• jumped

• startled

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

Find the participial phrase: Yawning widely, the student struggled to stay awake in class.

• in class

• the student struggled

• yawning widely

• to stay awake

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

Find the participial phrase: Opening the book to the last page, Sally read the ending first.

• the last page

• Sally read the ending

• ending first

• opening the book to the last page

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

Find the participial phrase: The pilot pushed on the yoke, changing the direction of the plane.

• changing the direction of the plane

• pushed on the yoke

• the pilot pushed on the yoke

• direction of the plane

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence:

Catching the stick in mid-air, my dog Spot trotted proudly back to me.

(a)  

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence:

Before she left, my mom told us about the new library planned for this neighborhood.

• told us about

• about the new library

• planned for this neighborhood

• Before she left

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence:

The lake, frozen over all winter, was finally thawing after the winter storm.

• thawing after the winter storm

• frozen over

• frozen over all winter

• finally thawing

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A