Participle

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

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

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

• Defying

• surprised

• levitating

• defying, levitating

What is the participle in the following sentence?
Shivering, the couple ran out of the rain and into the house.

• shivering

• couple

• into

• house

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

• The

• sobbing

• child

• held

The cascading waterfall poured down over the rocks.

• waterfall

• rocks

• over

• cascading

Identify the participle(s).
William almost stepped on the snake hidden in the clump of monkey grass.

• stepped

• hidden

• stepped, hidden