Participle Practice

The setting sun looked gorgeous on the horizon.

• setting

• looked

• horizon

• sun

Mom whispered, thinking my baby brother was still asleep.

• whispered

• thinking

• still

• asleep

Whistling a joyful tune, the man completed the work in under an hour.

• whistling

• joyful

• completed

• work

To the hunter, the rabbit looked like a sitting duck in the open field.

• looked

• sitting

• open

• like

Identify the Participle:
John waited for the captain’s signal, lying still behind the dirt pile.

• waited

• signal

• lying

• still

Fighting like cats and dogs, Darla and Jimmy acted exactly like siblings.

• fighting

• acted

• exactly

• like

The snake hiding in the hole bit my toe.

• snake

• hiding

• bit

• toes

The spoiled toddler cried on Christmas because he only received three gifts.

• spoiled

• cried

• recieved

• only

The high school’s marching band was the best in the area.

• high

• marching

• was

• best

The recently admitted patient did not want to take his medicine.

• recently

• admitted

• want

• to take