Participle Practice

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

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

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

• Braking
• stopped
• Braking, stopped

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

Identify the participle(s).
Mandy marveled at the yard covered in a thin layer of sparkling dew.

• marveled
• covered
• sparkling
• covered, sparkling

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

Identify the participle(s).
For dinner Maurice enjoyed a hamburger topped with pickles, onions, and mustard.

• enjoyed
• topped
• enjoyed, topped

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

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

• stepped
• hidden
• stepped, hidden

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

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

• crashing
• pounding
• crashing, pounding

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

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

• smiled
• wilting
• smiled, wilting

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

Identify the participle(s).
Holding open the elevator doors, the kind man smiled at the tired mother.

• holding
• smiled
• tired
• holding, tired

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

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

• drowning
• struggled
• drowning, struggled

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

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

• Defying
• surprised
• levitating
• defying, levitating

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A