Participle and Participle Phrases

What's the verbal?

I feel falling rain upon my head.

• participle

• gerund

• infinitive

The passing bus accelerated down the street.

• Gerund

• Participle

• Infinitive

Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence:

• a program challenging

• challenging to both mind and body

• challenging

Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence:

• Demonstrating his ability to hunt

• Demonstrating his ability

• Demonstrating his ability to hunt, fence, and ride

Identify the participle in the following sentence:

Fifteen men, clothed in military uniforms, presented the flags.

• clothed in military uniforms

• clothed

• presented

Identify the type of participle in the following sentence: Chopping the carrots quickly, the chef finished the stew

• present participle

• past participle

• both

• There is no participle.

Identify the participle or participial phrase in the following sentence: It was the worst hurricane in recorded history to reach our town.

• recorded history

• recorded

• in recorded history

Identify the participle or participial phrase in the following sentence:

• smiling the winner

• smiling

• accepted

• accepted the trophy

Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence:

Swimming, another aquatic sport, demands physical endurance.

• Swimming, another aquatic sport

• Swimming

• There is no participial phrase.

Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence:

• require planning

• planning and expense

• There is no participial phrase.