Participles and Participle Phrases

Identify the participle in the following sentence:

Given all the facts, we reached our decision quickly

• Given

• Given all the facts

• There is no participle.

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

• Swimming

• There is no participial phrase.

Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence:

Some kinds of exercise require planning and expense.

• require planning

• planning and expense

• There is no participial phrase.

Identify the participle (that functions as adjective) in the following sentence: Uprooted trees had fallen on the playground.

• fallen

• had fallen

• uprooted

• uprooted trees

The Joker came up with a terrifying plan.
What type of verbal is in red in the sentence above?

• gerund

• infinitive

• participle

• not a verbal

What's the verbal?

I feel falling rain upon my head.

• participle

• gerund

• infinitive

In the sentence, "Removing his glasses, the professor shook his head with disappointment," what is the underlined phrase?

• Gerund phrase

• Infinitive phrase

• Appositive phrase

• Participial phrase