Verbal Present and Past Participle

Participles act like _____________________.

• Adjectives

• Nouns

• Verbs

• Adverbs

What are the two types of participles?

• Present and progressive

• Past and progressive

• Present and past

• There is only one type of participle.

Past participles end in ______________________________.

• A variety of past tense endings

• -ing

• -s

• -es

Present participles always end in ___________________.

• -en

• -ed

• -ing

• -s

Identify the participle in the sentence:

The flying insect was a nuisance.

• Insect

• Flying

• Nuisance

• No participle

Identify the participle in the sentence:

The water, gushing through the ravine, was very dangerous.

• No participle

• Very

• Dangerous

• Gushing

Identify the participle in the sentence:

The annoyed teacher fussed at the students.

• Students

• Fussed

• Annoyed

• No participle

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

Mr. Ackerman built a new house.

• infinitive
• Past
• Past Part
• Present Part

He is swimming for two hours.

• infinitive
• past
• past part
• present part