Participles Review Questions

Identify the participle(s).

My mom cringed each time she heard the crashing cymbals and pounding drums coming from my bedroom.

• cringed, heard

• pounding

• crashing, pounding

• cringed

• heard

Identify the participle(s).

Marsha smiled sadly at the wilting flower.

• smiled

• wilting

• smiled, wilting

• sadly

Identify the participle(s).

The drowning boy struggled to keep his head above the surging water.

• drowning

• struggled

• drowning, struggled

• drowning, surging

Identify the participle(s).

Shivering, the couple ran out of the rain and into the warm house.

• shivering

• couple

• into

• warm

Identify the participle(s).

The sobbing child held his injured knee.

• The

• sobbing

• child

• sobbing, injured

Identify the participle.

The cascading waterfall poured down over the rocks.

• waterfall

• rocks

• over

• cascading

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

Identify the participle(s).
Braking too late, Judy hit the stopped car in front of her.

• Braking
• stopped
• Braking, stopped

Identify the participle(s).
William almost stepped on the snake hidden in the clump of monkey grass.

• stepped
• hidden
• stepped, hidden

Identify the participle(s).
Defying gravity, the magician surprised the audience by levitating above the ground.

• Defying
• surprised
• levitating
• defying, levitating