Understanding Participles for Grade 6

Identify the participle in the sentence: 'The barking dog kept me awake.'

• kept

• dog

• barking

• barked

Fill in the blank with the correct participle: 'The _____ (run) athlete won the race.'

• ran

• running

• runner

• runningly

Convert the verb 'to swim' into its present participle form.

• swims

• swimmingly

• swimming

• swimmed

Choose the correct participle: 'The _____ (excite) news made everyone happy.'

• excitingly

• excited

• exciteful

• exciting

What are the two types of participles?

• Active participles and passive participles

• Future participles and conditional participles

• Present participles and past participles

• Simple participles and complex participles

Rewrite the sentence using a participle: 'The boy who was tired fell asleep.'

• The sleepy boy was tired and fell asleep.

• The boy who was sleepy fell asleep.

• The tired boy fell asleep.

• The boy fell asleep tired.

Identify the participle in the sentence: 'The broken vase lay on the floor.'

• on

• vase

• lay

• broken

Fill in the blank with the correct past participle: 'She has _____ (write) three books.'

• writing

• wrote

• writes

• written

Explain the difference between a present participle and a past participle.

• The present participle is used only in passive voice, while the past participle is used in active voice.

• Both present and past participles indicate completed actions.

• The present participle indicates ongoing action, while the past participle indicates completed action.

• The present participle indicates completed action, while the past participle indicates ongoing action.

Which of the following sentences contains a past participle?

• The dog barked loudly.

• The broken window was fixed.

• She is running fast.

• He swims every morning.