Modifying Phrases

What words begins a participial phrase? 

• a word with a verb word ending

• a, an, the

• prepositions

• a noun

How does a participial phrase function in a sentence? 

• It shows a relationship between two words.

• It describes the noun next to it.

• It renames the noun in front of it. 

• It is the action in the sentence.

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

• in class

• the student struggled

• yawning widely

• to stay awake

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

Find the participial phrase: The pilot pushed on the yoke, changing the direction of the plane.

• changing the direction of the plane

• pushed on the yoke

• the pilot pushed on the yoke

• direction of the plane

Find the participial phrase: The children playing in the park belong to the school next door.

• playing in the park

• school next door

• belong to the school next door

• in the park

What noun does the participial phrase underlined in the sentence below modify?

Ms. Watts, distracted by TikTok, forgot to start office hours on time.

• office hours

• Ms. Watts

• on time

• TikTok

Which group of words in the following sentence makes up the participial phrase?

Racing against the clock, Brianna got her essay turned in before 8 AM.

• Brianna

• before 8 AM

• Racing against the clock

• got her essay turned in

What noun is the underlined participial phrase modifying?

Quickly checking over her answers, Anylah handed in her test just before time ran out.

• Anylah

• answers

• test

• ran

What noun is the underlined participial phrase modifying?

Digging through his backpack, Maurice searched for another pen.

• pen

• searched

• backpack

• Maurice