Participles - Lesson 14 Grammar

Describe the participle in the following sentence: The crying baby was hungry.

• crying; past participle

• crying; present participle

• was hungry; past participle

• was hungry; present participle

Tags

TEKS.ELA.1.3C

Describe the participle in the following sentence: The children refused to eat the burned toast.

• burned; past participle

• refused; past participle

• burned; present participle

• refused; present participle

Tags

TEKS.ELA.1.3C

Describe the participle in the following sentence: The exciting game lasted two extra innings.

• lasted; past participle

• exciting; past participle

• lasted; present participle

• exciting; present participle

Tags

TEKS.ELA.1.3C

What is the participial phrase in the following sentence: The dog panting in the backyard needed water.

• needed water

• in the backyard

• The dog panting

• panting in the backyard

Tags

TEKS.ELA.1.3C

What is the participial phrase in the following sentence: Fascinated by ants, Gil has made many important discoveries about them.

• Gil has made

• Fascinated by ants

• discoveries about them

• made many important discoveries

Tags

TEKS.ELA.1.3C

Which word does the participle "experienced" describe in the following sentence: The experienced skateboarder performed many tricks for the audience.

• audience

• performed

• skateboarder

• tricks

Tags

TEKS.ELA.1.3C

Which word does the participle "surprising" describe in the following sentence: The judge revealed the surprising winner of the contest.

• contest

• judge

• revealed

• winner

Tags

TEKS.ELA.1.3C

What is the BEST way to combine the following sentences: Victoria removed her muddy shoes. Victoria entered the house.

• Victoria removing her muddy shoes entered the house.

• Removing her muddy shoes, Victoria entered the house.

• Removed her muddy shoes and Victoria then entered the house.

• Victoria removed her muddy shoes and Victoria entered the house.

What is the BEST way to combine the following sentences: Sergio read a book. Sergio lost track of time.

• Reading a book, Sergio lost track of time.

• Sergio while reading lost track of book time.

• Sergio read a book while losing track of time.

• Because of reading, Sergio lost track of time in a book.

What is the BEST way to combine the following sentences: The teacher taught a lesson on space exploration. The students were interested.

• Interesting students, listened to the teacher's lesson on space exploration.

• The teacher taught a lesson on space exploration to the interested students.

• Teaching a lesson on space exploration, the students were interested in the teacher.

• Because the teacher taught interested students, the lesson was on space exploration.