Verbals- Participles

What is a participle?

• verb pretending to be a noun

• verb pretending to be an adjective

• noun pretending to be a noun

• adjective pretending to be a verb

Find the participle: The ship sailed within striking distance.

• sailed

• ship

• striking

• distance

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

• warming

• crowded

• took

• snowy

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

• sleep

• blinking

• could

• power

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

Tags

CCSS.L.8.1A

CCSS.L.1.4C

Identify the participle(s).
Braking too late, Judy hit the stopped car in front of her.

• Braking
• stopped
• Braking, stopped

Tags

CCSS.L.8.1A

CCSS.L.1.4C

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

• stepped
• hidden
• stepped, hidden

Tags

CCSS.L.8.1A

CCSS.L.1.4C

Identify the participle(s).
My mom cringes each time she hears the crashing cymbals and pounding drums coming from my bedroom.

• crashing
• pounding
• crashing, pounding

Tags

CCSS.L.8.1A

CCSS.L.1.4C

Identify the participle(s).
Marsha smiled sadly at the wilting flower.

• smiled
• wilting
• smiled, wilting

Tags

CCSS.L.8.1A

CCSS.L.1.4C

Identify the participle(s).
Defying gravity, the magician surprised the audience by levitating above the ground.

• Defying
• surprised
• levitating
• defying, levitating

Tags

CCSS.L.8.1A

CCSS.L.1.4C