Participles and Participle Phrases

Identify the participial phrase in the sentence:

Children introduced to music early develop strong intellectual skills.

• introduced to music early

• develop strong intellectual skills

Participle is a verb that is used as an adjective in a sentence.

CHECK ALL THAT APPLY TO "Participle"

• It is not the main verb of the sentence and does not have a subject.

• Present participles end in -ing

• past participles often end in -ed, -d, or -t.

Determine what the Participle Phrase is:

Hidden from view, the man saw the boy who tore down the sign.

• Hidden from view

• saw the boy

• tore down the sign

The teacher told the student passing the note to give it to her.

• told the student

• passing the note

• to give it to her

Determine what the Participle is:

Having played sports in the past, Jim knew the importance of stretching first.

• Having played sports

• knew the importance of stretching

Identify the past participle in the sentence:

Sarah noticed her sister walking along the shoreline.

• noticed

• walking

• walking along

• shoreline

Determine what the Participle is:

I watched the dog charging toward me.

• watched

• charging

Sighing happily, she folded and put away the letter.

• sighing

• folded and put

The jacket was covered by dragons flying through the night sky.

• covered by dragons

• flying through the night sky

Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence:

• a program challenging

• challenging to both mind and body

• challenging