Participles

What are the two ways a participle has to end?

• -ly, -ing

• -ed, -ly

• -ly, -ness

• -ed, -ing

Find the participle: The ship sailed within striking distance.

• sailed

• ship

• striking

• distance

Find the participle: The cat sat on the purring engine of the car.

• sat

• purring

• engine

• car

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

• sleep

• blinking

• could

• power

Find the participle: The boiling clouds poured down rain on the seething sea

• boiling, seething

• boiling

• seething

• poured

Find the participle: Frightened cat jumped high into the air.

• cat

• air

• jumped

• frightened

Find the participle: Yawning widely, the student struggled to stay awake in class

• widely

• struggled

• yawning

• stay awake

Find the participle: The girl wearing the blue shirt ran down the hallway.

• ran down

• wearing

• blue

• ran

Find the participle: The children playing in the park belong to the school next door.

• playing

• school

• belong

• played

Find the participle: The walking man sat quietly on the bench.

• man

• sat

• quietly

• walking