True or False?
A participle modifies a verb.

• True
• False

What type of phrase is in red?
Trembling with rage, she stalked out. 

• infinitive

• participial

What is the red word modifying (describing) in the following sentence?
Tara was getting worried that she may not pass the math test, thinking how little she knew about equations.

• Tara
• test
• she
• equations

How is the red word functioning in the following sentence?
After the game, the losing team went home with no trophy.

• verb
• adjective
• direct object
• subject

Is the highlighted word/phrase a VERB or a PARTICIPLE?
Cindy appeared very graceful while she was jumping over the hurdles.

• verb/verb phrase
• participle/participle phrase

How does a participial phrase function in a sentence? 

• It shows a relationship between two words.
• It describes the noun next to it.
• It renames the noun in front of it. 
• It is the action in the sentence.

What noun is the participial phrase modifying?
Quickly checking over his answers, Patrick handed in his test just before time ran out.

• Patrick
• answers
• test
• ran

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 
• hunted their prey.
• across the night sky

Participials are what part of speech?

• nouns

• adverbs

• adjectives

• conjunctions

Identify the underlined phrase:

Parked by the side of the road, the patrolman waited for speeders.

• infinitive phrase

• participial phrase