Grammar Rule #7: Participles

Match the following from this sentence:

The smiling girl laughed at her puppy.

• the participle

• smiling

• the verb

• laughed

• the noun being described

• girl

Match the following from the sentence:

I did the assignment sitting in the library.

• the noun being described

• sitting in the library

• the participle phrase

• I

• the participle word

• sitting

A participle is a ___.

• verb

• noun

• adverb

• preposition

A participle is a verb form that can function as an ___.

• adverb

• adjective

• noun

• verb

Present participles always end in the suffix "___"

Past participles often in the suffix "___"

A participle phrase contains a 1) ___ and 2)___.

• 1) participle

  2) any modifiers

• 1) subject

  2) verb

• 1) preposition

  2) any modifiers

• 1) verb

  2) noun

What is the noun being modified by the participle phrase in this sentence?

The man standing by the car is suspicious.

Which is the participle phrase that can be removed from the sentence?

The boys sitting by the road were playing.

• by the road

• were playing

• sitting by the road

• sitting

What is the participle that can be removed from the sentence?

The filled glass rested on the table.

• rested on the table

• on

• rested

• filled

• filled glass