Participial Phrase Vs Gerund Phrase

A participle is a form of a verb that acts as an _____.

• adjective

• adverb

• verb

• noun

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

Identify the participle(s).

William almost stepped on the snake hidden in the clump of monkey grass.

• stepped

• hidden stepped,

• hidden

Identify the participial phrase.

Preparing for the weather, Meg grabbed her raincoat and rain boots.

• Preparing for the weather

• grabbed her raincoat

• grabbed her raincoat and rain boots

Identify the participial phrase.

The hummingbird, flitting quickly from flower to flower, held my attention for several minutes.

• flitting quickly from flower to flower

• held my attention

Identify the participial phrase.

Placing the cookies in the hot oven, Sam burned his arm.

• Placing the cookies

• Placing the cookies in the oven

• burned his arm

A gerund is a form of a verb that acts as a _____.

• adjective

• adverb

• verb

• noun

Identify the gerund.

Halim was punished for cheating.

• Halim

• was

• punished

• cheating

Identify the gerund.

They called her playing brilliant.

• They

• called

• playing

• brilliant

Identify the gerund phrase.

The frowning artist was thinking of painting my house.

• frowning artist

• was thinking

• artist was thinking of painting

• painting my house