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Participles & Participial Phrases

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

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Class
Date
1.

Identify the participle(s) used as adjective(s) in the sentence:

Records, cracked and warped, were in the old trunk in the attic.

a)

Records

b)

cracked

c)

warped

d)

were

2.

Identify the participle(s) used as adjective(s) in the sentence:

Shouting wildly, Carmen warned the pedestrian to look out for the car.

a)

Shouting

b)

wildly

c)

warned

d)

look out

3.

Identify the participle(s) used as adjective(s) in the sentence:

The sparkling water splashed in our faces.

a)

sparkling

b)

water

c)

splashed

d)

faces

4.

Identify the participle(s) used as adjective(s) in the sentence:

For centuries the ruins remained there, still undiscovered.

a)

centuries

b)

ruins

c)

remained

d)

undiscovered

5.

Identify the participle(s) used as adjective(s) in the sentence:

The papers, aged and yellowed, were found in the bottom of the file cabinet.

a)

aged

b)

yellowed

c)

found

d)

file

6.

Identify the participle(s) used as adjective(s) in the sentence:

Carefully painted and decorated, the artwork glittered in the sunlight.

a)

painted

b)

decorated

c)

glittered

d)

sunlight

7.

Identify the participle(s) used as adjective(s) in the sentence:

The charging bull thundered across the field.

a)

charging

b)

bull

c)

thundered

d)

across

8.

Identify the participle(s) used as adjective(s) in the sentence:

Cheering and clapping, the fans greeted their teams.

a)

Cheering

b)

clapping

c)

greeted

d)

teams

9.

Identify the participle(s) used as adjective(s) in the sentence:

The children, fidgeting noisily, waited eagerly for recess.

a)

children

b)

fidgeting

c)

waited

d)

eagerly

10.

Identify the participle(s) used as adjective(s) in the sentence:

Recently released, the movie has not yet come to our local theaters.

a)

released

b)

movie

c)

has come

d)

yet

11.

Identify the participial phrase used as an adjective in the sentence:

Noted for her beauty, Venus was sought by all the gods as a wife.

a)

Noted for her beauty

b)

Venus was

c)

sought by all

d)

the gods as a wife

12.

Identify the participial phrase used as an adjective in the sentence:

Bathed in radiant light, Venus brought love and joy wherever she went.

a)

Bathed in radiant light

b)

brought love and joy

c)

wherever she went

13.

Identify the participial phrase used as an adjective in the sentence:

Jupiter, knowing her charms, nevertheless married her to Vulcan, the ugliest of the gods.

a)

Jupiter

b)

knowing her charms

c)

married her to Vulcan

d)

ugliest of the gods

14.

Identify the participial phrase used as an adjective in the sentence:

Mars, known to the Greeks as Ares, was the god of war.

a)

Mars

b)

known to the Greeks as Ares

c)

was the god of war

15.

Identify the participial phrase used as an adjective in the sentence:

Terrified by Ares' power, many Greeks did not like to worship him.

a)

Terrified by Ares' power

b)

many Greeks

c)

did not like

d)

to worship him

16.

Identify the participial phrase used as an adjective in the sentence:

They saw both land and people destroyed by him.

a)

They saw

b)

both land and people

c)

destroyed by him

17.

Identify the participial phrase used as an adjective in the sentence:

Observing his path, they said that Ares left blood, devastation, and grief behind him.

a)

Observing his path

b)

they said that Ares

c)

left blood, devastation, and grief

d)

behind him

18.

Identify the participial phrase used as an adjective in the sentence:

The Romans, having great respect for Mars, made him one of their three chief deities.

a)

The Romans

b)

having great respect for Mars

c)

made him one

d)

of their three chief deities

19.

Identify the participial phrase used as an adjective in the sentence:

They imagined him dressed in shining armor.

a)

They

b)

imagined him

c)

dressed in shining armor

20.

Identify the participial phrase used as an adjective in the sentence:

Mars, supposed to be the father of the founders of Rome, has a planet named after him.

a)

Mars

b)

supposed to be the father of the founders of Rome

c)

has a planet

d)

named after him