Participles & Participial Phrases

Identify the participle(s) used as adjective(s) in the sentence:

Records, cracked and warped, were in the old trunk in the attic.

• Records

• cracked

• warped

• were

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.1

CCSS.L.11-12.3

Identify the participle(s) used as adjective(s) in the sentence:

Shouting wildly, Carmen warned the pedestrian to look out for the car.

• Shouting

• wildly

• warned

• look out

Identify the participle(s) used as adjective(s) in the sentence:

The sparkling water splashed in our faces.

• sparkling

• water

• splashed

• faces

Identify the participle(s) used as adjective(s) in the sentence:

For centuries the ruins remained there, still undiscovered.

• centuries

• ruins

• remained

• undiscovered

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.1

Identify the participle(s) used as adjective(s) in the sentence:

The papers, aged and yellowed, were found in the bottom of the file cabinet.

• aged

• yellowed

• found

• file

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.1

Identify the participle(s) used as adjective(s) in the sentence:

Carefully painted and decorated, the artwork glittered in the sunlight.

• painted

• decorated

• glittered

• sunlight

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.1

Identify the participle(s) used as adjective(s) in the sentence:

The charging bull thundered across the field.

• charging

• bull

• thundered

• across

Identify the participle(s) used as adjective(s) in the sentence:

Cheering and clapping, the fans greeted their teams.

• Cheering

• clapping

• greeted

• teams

Identify the participle(s) used as adjective(s) in the sentence:

The children, fidgeting noisily, waited eagerly for recess.

• children

• fidgeting

• waited

• eagerly

Identify the participle(s) used as adjective(s) in the sentence:

Recently released, the movie has not yet come to our local theaters.

• released

• movie

• has come

• yet

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.1