Participial Phrases

Removing his coat, Jack rushed to the river.

The participial phrase in the above sentence is...

• rushed to the river

• Removing his coat

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

Dolores noticed her cousin walking along the shoreline.

the participial phrase in the above sentence is?

• Noticed her cousin

• Walking along the shoreline

• Walking

• Noticed

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

What type of phrase is in red?
Trembling with rage, she stalked out. 

• infinitive
• participial
• gerund
• appositive

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

What words begins a participial phrase? 

• a word with a verb word ending
• a, an, the
• prepositions
• a noun

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

What is a participle?

• verb pretending to be a noun

• verb pretending to be an adjective

• noun pretending to be a noun

• adjective pretending to be a verb

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

Find the participial phrase: Yawning widely, the student struggled to stay awake in class.

• in class

• the student struggled

• yawning widely

• to stay awake

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

Find the participial phrase: The girl wearing the blue shirt ran down the hallway.

• ran down the hallway

• wearing the blue shirt

• down the hallway

• the girl wearing

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

What is the participle in the following sentence?
Shivering, the couple ran out of the rain and into the house.

• shivering
• couple
• into
• house

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

What is the participial phrase in the following sentence?
Sweeping across the night sky, the bats hunted their prey.

• Sweeping across the night sky,
• the bats hunted 
• hunted their prey.
• across the night sky

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

What noun is the participial phrase modifying?
Quickly checking over his answers, Patrick handed in his test just before time ran out.

• Patrick
• answers
• test
• ran

Tags

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A