Present Participles

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

Identify the participle in the following sentence.
Getting ready for bed, Samantha brushed her teeth and combed her hair.

• getting
• brushed
• combed
• no participle present

What is the red word modifying (describing) in the following sentence?
Swinging back and forth, the girls played on the swing set for hours.

• back
• girls
• swing set
• hours

Where is a comma needed to make this sentence correct?
Toby finished the sprint in 35 seconds beating his old time by 3 seconds.

• after Toby
• after finished
• before beating
• before by

Where is a comma needed to make this sentence correct?
Jimmy, watching a scary movie jumped out of his seat.

• after watching
• before movie
• before jumped
• after his

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

• crashing
• pounding
• crashing, pounding

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

• drowning
• struggled
• drowning, struggled