Content on Participles

Which word is a participle?

My dog, howling all night long, bothered everyone in the neighborhood until dawn.

• my dog

• bothered

• howling

• until

Which word is a participle?

I saw a little boy hiding in the shadows of the old building.

• little

• boy

• shadows

• hiding

Which word is a participle?

Her real name, known only to a few close friends, was the best kept secret in town.

• known

• secret

• her

• only

Which word is a participle?

We read a news story about a team scheduled to play seven games in five days.

• days

• seven

• play

• scheduled

Which of word is a participle?

The window, broken during the storm, let the icy winds into the cabin

• window

• broken

• during

• let

Which word is a participle?

The man, burnt over seventy percent of his body, was rushed to a hospital in Denver.

• hospital

• the man

• rushed

• burnt

Which word is a participle?

Taking a very difficult examination in physics, Julie developed a splitting headache

• Julie

• taking

• splitting

• developed

Which word is a participle?

Typing as fast as she could, Diane tried to finish the letters before it was time to go home.

• tried

• typing

• could

• home

Which word is a participle?

Boiling storm clouds threatened to wash out the picnic.

• boiling

• threatened

• wash

• out

What is a participle?

• A word formed from a verb that acts as an adjective to modify a noun or pronoun

• a word formed from a verb and ending in -ing. Used as a noun.

• They did surgery on a grape

• A word used to connect two independent clauses.