Search Header Logo
Participles/Participial Phrases

Participles/Participial Phrases

Assessment

Presentation

English

7th - 8th Grade

Medium

CCSS
L.1.4C, L.8.1A

Standards-aligned

Created by

Nina Miller

Used 4+ times

FREE Resource

1 Slide • 13 Questions

1

Participles/Participial Phrases

media

2

Multiple Choice

What is a participle?

1

a verb acting as a noun

2

a verb acting as an adjective

3

a noun acting as a adjective

4

an adjective acting as a verb

3

Multiple Select

What ways can a participle end?

1

-ing

2

-t

3

-d

4

-n

4

Multiple Choice

Find the participle: The ship sailed within striking distance.

1

sailed

2

ship

3

striking

4

distance

5

Multiple Choice

Find the participle: The children took off their snowy jackets and crowded by the warming fire.

1

warming

2

crowded

3

took

4

snowy

6

Multiple Choice

Find the participle: Sally could not sleep with that blinking light from the television's power button.

1

sleep

2

blinking

3

could

4

power

7

Multiple Choice

Find the participle: The man shielded his eyes from the blinding sun as he stepped out of the movie theater.

1

Shielded

2

stepped

3

eyes

4

blinding

8

Multiple Select

Find the participle(s): The boiling clouds poured down rain on the seething sea.

Select all that apply.

1

boiling

2

seething

3

poured

9

Multiple Choice

Find the participle: The startled cat jumped high into the air.

1

cat

2

air

3

jumped

4

startled

10

Multiple Choice

Find the participial phrase: Yawning widely, the student struggled to stay awake in class.

1

in class

2

the student struggled

3

yawning widely

4

to stay awake

11

Multiple Choice

Find the participial phrase: Opening the book to the last page, Sally read the ending first.

1

the last page

2

Sally read the ending

3

ending first

4

opening the book to the last page

12

Multiple Choice

Find the participial phrase: The girl wearing the blue shirt ran down the hallway.

1

ran down the hallway

2

wearing the blue shirt

3

down the hallway

4

the girl wearing

13

Multiple Choice

Find the participial phrase: The children playing in the park belong to the school next door.

1

playing in the park

2

school next door

3

belong to the school next door

4

in the park

14

Multiple Choice

Find the participial phrase: Glistening in the hot sun, Jenny sipped her refreshing soda.

1

Glistening in the hot sun

2

hot sun

3

Jenny sipped her refreshing soda

4

refreshing soda

Participles/Participial Phrases

media

Show answer

Auto Play

Slide 1 / 14

SLIDE