Participle & Participial Phrases

Which word in the following sentence is the participle: Some ducks sat on a floating log in the river.

• sat

• some

• log

• floating

Determine the participial phrase in the following sentence: The house nestled in the valley was built by immigrants from Sweden.

• immigrants from Sweden

• nestled in the valley

• The house

• was built

Determine the participial phrase in the following sentence: The happy coach waved at the fans cheering in the upper deck.

• The happy coach

• waved at the fans

• cheering in the upper deck

• coach waved at the fans

In which sentence is a noun and participial phrase in "quotes"?

• It is amazing that "birds are able to fly."

• The colorful "birds building a nest" are orioles.

• Birds at our feeder flew away when "they saw a hawk."

• The "duck was waddling across" the grassy field.

In which sentence is a pronoun and participial phrase in "quotes?"

• "Hearing the noise, she" turned around quickly.

• The pilot was "landing her plane" on the runway.

• "He saw his friends kicking" a soccer ball around.

• Does your friend know where "he is going?"

What is the participle in the following sentence: Max ran toward the cake falling off the table

• toward

• ran

• falling

• table

Determine the participial phrase in the following sentence: Looking down from the tree, the monkey could see many people.

• Looking down from the tree

• could see many people

• the monkey could see many people

• many people

Determine the participle in the following sentence: Billy refused to play baseball with the wooden bat.

• refused

• baseball

• wooden

• play

In the following sentence, what noun/pronoun does the participle "hoping" modify? Hoping to find her lost dog, Linda searched the animal shelter.

• animal

• shelter

• dog

• Linda

In the following sentence, what noun/pronoun does the participle "frozen" modify? The girl saw the frozen plants beneath the surface of the lake.

• girl

• plants

• lake

• surface