Participles and Participial Phrases Quiz

A participle is a form of a verb that acts as a ____________.

• adjective

• adverb

• verb

• noun

Identify the participle(s). Marsha smiled sadly at the wilting flower.

• smiled

• smiled, wilting

• wilting

Identify the participle(s). The drowning boy struggled to keep his head above the water.

• drowning

• drowning, struggled

• struggled

Participial Phrases are a group of words consisting of a participle and the modifiers/complements that accompany it.

• False

• True

Identify the participial phrase. Searching for the code, Jonathan, was really excited. 

• Jonathan

• searching for the code

• was

• really excited

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

• stepped

• stepped, hidden

• hidden

Identify the participle(s). My mom cringes each time she hears the crashing cymbals and pounding drums coming from my bedroom

• crashing

• crashing, pounding

• pounding

Identify the participle phrase. Max ran toward the cake falling off the table.

• ran toward the cake

• falling off

• falling off the table

Identify the participle 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

Identify the participial phrase. The hummingbird, flitting quickly from flower to flower, held my attention for several minutes.

• held my attention

• flitting quickly from flower to flower

• The hummingbird