Participles and Participle Phrases

Participles, gerunds, and infinitives are all...

• Verbs

• Verbals

• Phrases

• Passive Voice

Identify the word being modified by the underlined Participle or Participial Phrase in the sentence.

The chef, having buttered the bread, warmed it in the oven.

• warmed

• it

• chef

• oven

Identify the word being modified by the underlined Participle or Participial Phrase in the sentence.

10. Hitting the shelf, I almost dislodged the jar of fruit.

• dislodged

• I

• jar

• fruit

Exercise 2: Punctuating Participles and Participial Phrases

Identify whether the underlined Participle or Participial Phrase should be set off by commas.

The stars found on the United States flag now total fifty.

• Commas

• No Commas

Identify the Participle or Participial Phrase in the sentence.

Expecting good news, the student raced to the mailbox.

• raced to the mailbox

• raced

• Expecting good news

• good news

Identify the Participle or Participial Phrase in the sentence.

The slouching model soon found herself out of a job.

• slouching

• found herself

• found herself out of a job

• soon found herself

Identify the Participle or Participial Phrase in the sentence.

The key witness, protected by two guards, has arrived.

• arrived

• key

• by two guards

• protected by two guards

Identify the Participle or Participial Phrase in the sentence.

I, having auditioned yesterday, waited for the results.

• having auditioned yesterday

• auditioned yesterday

• waited for the results

• for the results

Identify the Participle or Participial Phrase in the sentence.

The soccer players, having grown faint from thirst, gratefully accepted the cold oranges.

• gratefully accepted the cold oranges

• accepted the cold oranges

• soccer

• having grown faint from thirst

Identify the word being modified by the underlined Participle or Participial Phrase in the sentence.

We drink purified water in our home.

• We

• drink

• water

• home