WorksheetsParticiples & Participial Phrases
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
Identify the participle(s) used as adjective(s) in the sentence:
Records, cracked and warped, were in the old trunk in the attic.
Records
cracked
warped
were
Identify the participle(s) used as adjective(s) in the sentence:
Shouting wildly, Carmen warned the pedestrian to look out for the car.
Shouting
wildly
warned
look out
Identify the participle(s) used as adjective(s) in the sentence:
The sparkling water splashed in our faces.
sparkling
water
splashed
faces
Identify the participle(s) used as adjective(s) in the sentence:
For centuries the ruins remained there, still undiscovered.
centuries
ruins
remained
undiscovered
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.
aged
yellowed
found
file
Identify the participle(s) used as adjective(s) in the sentence:
Carefully painted and decorated, the artwork glittered in the sunlight.
painted
decorated
glittered
sunlight
Identify the participle(s) used as adjective(s) in the sentence:
The charging bull thundered across the field.
charging
bull
thundered
across
Identify the participle(s) used as adjective(s) in the sentence:
Cheering and clapping, the fans greeted their teams.
Cheering
clapping
greeted
teams
Identify the participle(s) used as adjective(s) in the sentence:
The children, fidgeting noisily, waited eagerly for recess.
children
fidgeting
waited
eagerly
Identify the participle(s) used as adjective(s) in the sentence:
Recently released, the movie has not yet come to our local theaters.
released
movie
has come
yet
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.
Noted for her beauty
Venus was
sought by all
the gods as a wife
Identify the participial phrase used as an adjective in the sentence:
Bathed in radiant light, Venus brought love and joy wherever she went.
Bathed in radiant light
brought love and joy
wherever she went
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.
Jupiter
knowing her charms
married her to Vulcan
ugliest of the gods
Identify the participial phrase used as an adjective in the sentence:
Mars, known to the Greeks as Ares, was the god of war.
Mars
known to the Greeks as Ares
was the god of war
Identify the participial phrase used as an adjective in the sentence:
Terrified by Ares' power, many Greeks did not like to worship him.
Terrified by Ares' power
many Greeks
did not like
to worship him
Identify the participial phrase used as an adjective in the sentence:
They saw both land and people destroyed by him.
They saw
both land and people
destroyed by him
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.
Observing his path
they said that Ares
left blood, devastation, and grief
behind him
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.
The Romans
having great respect for Mars
made him one
of their three chief deities
Identify the participial phrase used as an adjective in the sentence:
They imagined him dressed in shining armor.
They
imagined him
dressed in shining armor
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.
Mars
supposed to be the father of the founders of Rome
has a planet
named after him
