Past and Present Participle

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 annoyed teacher fussed at the students.

• Students

• Fussed

• Annoyed

• No participle

Identify the participle in the sentence:

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

• No participle

• Very

• Dangerous

• Gushing

Wendy is walking with crutches because she broke her leg skiing last weekend.

• Having broken her leg skiing last weekend, Wendy is...

• Breaking her leg skiing last weekend, she is...

• Wendy is walking on crutches because breaking her leg skiing last weekend.

• NO - cannot be reduced

______the museum we decided to have lunch in the park. 

• Having visiting 

• Having visited  

• visited      

• to visit

__________________the food before, Tom didn't want to eat it again.

• Having eaten 

• To eat   

• Eaten 

• Eating

What is the past participle of the verb 'to write'?

• Written

• Wrote

• Writing

• Writes

Which sentence contains a present participle?

• The cat slept on the mat.

• The running water was cold.

• She had finished her homework.

• The book was read by him.

Identify the past participle in the sentence: 'The broken vase lay on the floor.'

• Vase

• Broken

• Lay

• Floor