Participle and Participle Phrases

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

William almost stepped on the snake hidden in the clump of monkey grass.

• stepped

• hidden

• stepped, hidden

Identify the participle(s).
Marsha smiled sadly at the wilting flower.

• smiled

• wilting

• smiled, wilting

The drowning boy struggled to keep his head above the water.

• drowning

• struggled

• drowning, struggled

Defying gravity, the magician surprised the audience by levitating above the ground.

• Defying

• surprised

• levitating

• defying, levitating

Max ran toward the cake falling off the table.

• ran toward the cake

• falling off the table

• falling off

Preparing for the weather, Meg grabbed her raincoat and rain boots.

• Preparing for the weather

• grabbed her raincoat

• grabbed her raincoat and rain boots

My mom asked me to wash the dishes piling up in the sink.

• asked me to wash the dishes

• piling up in the sink

What is the participle in the following sentence?
The sobbing child held his injured knee.

• The

• sobbing

• child

• held