Participles Practice

What is a participle?

• verb pretending to be a noun

• verb pretending to be an adjective

• noun pretending to be a noun

• adjective pretending to be a verb

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

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CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

Which of word is a participle?

The window, broken during the storm, let the icy winds into the cabin

• window

• broken

• during

• let

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

Which word is a participle?

The man, burnt over seventy percent of his body, was rushed to a hospital in Denver.

• rushed

• the man

• rushed

• burnt

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

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.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

Identify the participial phrase.
Placing the cookies in the hot oven, Sam burned his arm.

• Placing the cookies
• Placing the cookies in the oven
• burned his arm

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

Identify the participle(s).
Enjoying her victory, Monica jumped around wildly and threw her arms up in celebration.

• Enjoying
• Enjoying, jumped
• Enjoying, threw
• Enjoying, jumped, threw

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 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