Participles & Participle Phrases

Participle is a verbal that is used as an adjective in a sentence.

CHECK ALL THAT APPLY TO "Participle"

• It is not the main verb of the sentence and does not have a subject.

• Present participles end in -ing

• past participles often end in -ed, -d, or -t.

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CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

What is the participial phrase in the following sentence?
Sweeping across the night sky, the bats hunted their prey.

• Sweeping across the night sky,
• the bats hunted 
• their prey.

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CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

What is the participle in the following sentence?
The cascading waterfall poured down over the rocks.

• waterfall
• rocks
• over
• cascading

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CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

Identify the participial phrase.
The scouts roasting marshmallows around the fire told ghost stories to pass the time.

• roasting marshmallows
• roasting marshmallows around the fire
• told ghost stories to pass the time

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CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

Identify the participial phrase.
My mom asked me to wash the dishes piling up in the sink.

• asked me to wash the dishes
• piling up in the sink

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CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

Identify the participial phrase.
The actress rehearsing her lines performed in the show last night.

• rehearsing her lines
• performed in the show
• performed in the show last night

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CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

Identify the participial phrase.

Placing her money on the counter, the little girl smiled at the clerk.

• Placing her money
• Placing her money on the counter
• smiled at the clerk

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CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

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

• flitting quickly from flower to flower
• held my attention

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CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

Identify the participial phrase.
Placing the cookies in the hot oven, Sam burned his arm.

• Placing the cookies
• Placing the cookies in the oven
• burned his arm

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CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

Identify the participial phrase.
Mark quickly licked the ice cream dripping down his arm.

• quickly licked the ice cream
• licked the ice cream
• dripping down his arm

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CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A