Past and Present Participle

Identify the participle(s).
Braking too late, Judy hit the stopped car in front of her.

• Braking

• stopped

• Braking, stopped

My mom cringes each time she hears the crashing cymbals and pounding drums coming from my bedroom.

• crashing

• pounding

• crashing, pounding

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

• smiled

• wilting

• smiled, wilting

Identify the participle(s).
The drowning boy struggled to keep his head above the water.

• drowning

• struggled

• drowning, struggled

___________________ in the company for many years, he knew everyone and everything.

• Having worked

• Worked

• Working

• To work

The cup _________ with milk stood on the table.

• having fill

• filling

• having filled

• filled

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

• stepped

• hidden

• stepped, hidden

Max ran toward the cake falling off the table.

• ran toward the cake

• falling off the table

• falling off

Mark quickly licked the ice cream dripping down his arm.

• quickly licked the ice cream

• licked the ice cream

• dripping down his arm