Participles and Participle Phrases

Identify the participle(s).
Braking too late, Judy hit the stopped car in front of her.

• Braking

• stopped

• Braking, stopped

Identify the participle(s).My mom cringes each time she hears the crashing cymbals and pounding drums coming from my bedroom.

• crashing

• pounding

• crashing, pounding

Preparing for the weather, Meg grabbed her raincoat and rain boots.

• Preparing for the weather

• grabbed her raincoat

• grabbed her raincoat and rain boots

Mark quickly licked the ice cream dripping down his arm.

• quickly licked the ice cream

• licked the ice cream

• dripping down his arm

Identify the participial phrase.
Placing the cookies in the hot oven, Sam burned his arm.

• Placing the cookies

• Placing the cookies in the oven

• burned his arm

The hummingbird, flitting quickly from flower to flower, held my attention for several minutes.

• flitting quickly from flower to flower

• held my attention

Identify the participial phrase.

Placing her money on the counter, the little girl smiled at the clerk.

• Placing her money

• Placing her money on the counter

• smiled at the clerk

The actress rehearsing her lines performed in the show last night.

• rehearsing her lines

• performed in the show

• performed in the show last night

Identify the participial phrase.
My mom asked me to wash the dishes piling up in the sink.

• asked me to wash the dishes

• piling up in the sink

The scouts roasting marshmallows around the fire told ghost stories to pass the time.

• roasting marshmallows

• roasting marshmallows around the fire

• told ghost stories to pass the time