Placement of Participles

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

• Braking

• stopped

• Braking, stopped

Defying gravity, the magician surprised the audience by levitating above the ground.

• Defying

• surprised

• levitating

• defying, levitating

Max ran toward the cake falling off the table.

• ran toward the cake

• falling off the table

• falling off

Mark quickly licked the ice cream dripping down his arm.

• quickly licked the ice cream

• licked the ice cream

• dripping down his arm

IDENTIFYING PARTICIPLES. Identify the participle in the sentence.

During the storm a broken branch fell on the roof of our house.

• broken

• branch

• During

• fell

Participle - a verbal that acts as a _____________. It can end in -ing, -ed, -d, -en, or -t.

• verb

• adverb

• noun

• adjective

The handyman left splattered paint all over the floor.

• handyman

• left

• splattered

• over

Water surged over the banks of the swollen river.

• surged

• swollen

• over

• banks

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 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