Past and Present Participle Lesson

What are the two types of participles?

• Present and progressive

• Past and progressive

• Present and past

• There is only one type of participle.

Identify the participle in the sentence:

The flying insect was a nuisance.

• Insect

• Flying

• Nuisance

• No participle

Identify the participle in the sentence:

The water, gushing through the ravine, was very dangerous.

• No participle

• Very

• Dangerous

• Gushing

Identify the participle in the sentence:

The annoyed teacher fussed at the students.

• Students

• Fussed

• Annoyed

• No participle

Identify the participial 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 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

He was sitting in an armchair ____________ a magazine.

• read

• reading

• having read

• to read

___________________ in the company for many years, he knew everyone and everything.

• Having worked

• Worked

• Working

• To work

The cup _________ with milk stood on the table.

• having fill

• filling

• having filled

• filled