Participles

Participles can act as

• Prepositions

• Adjectives

• Adverbs

• Conjunctions

What tense can participles be in? Check all that apply.

• Past

• Future

• Present

• Explanatory

Present tense participles always end in

• -ed

• -es

• -ing

• -s

The sneaking turtle scrambled under the caravan.

The word sneaking is acting as a...

• gerund acting as a noun.

• preposition explaining the position of the turtle.

• noun showing what went under the caravan.

• adjective describing the turtle.

The sneaking turtle scrambled under the caravan.

The word sneaking is in the...

• past tense.

• present tense.

• perfect tense.

• future tense.

The cooked turkey was ready for Thanksgiving.

The word "cooked" is acting as

• a conjunction connecting the turkey to other words in the sentence.

• an interjection showing the speaker's excitement regarding Thanksgiving.

• an adjective describing the state that the turkey is in.

• an adverb showing how the turkey was cooked.

The cooked turkey was ready for Thanksgiving.

The word "cooked" is in the

• past tense.

• present tense.

• perfect tense.

• future tense.

One type of participle is in the present tense and always acts as a noun. We call this participle a

• phrase.

• pet.

• interjection.

• gerund.

Identify the gerund in the following sentence:

I don't like waiting for the holidays.

• like

• waiting

• holidays

• for

Tags

CCSS.L.8.1A

Halim was punished for cheating.

In this sentence, cheating is acting as a

• noun: the subject of the sentence.

• noun: the object of the preposition 'for.'

• adjective: describing Halim.

• interjection: interrupting the sentence.