Participles and Participial Phrases

Tell if the next participle is present or past:

The girl wearing the blue shirt ran down the hallway.

A participle is a verbal that is used as:

Participles must always come ________ the noun it modifies. (not a phrase)

What does the bold participle modify: Recently released, the movie is not yet in theaters.

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

The startled cat jumped high into the air.

Tell if the gerund is: subject, direct object, predicate nominative or object of a prep.

Does this sentence contain a dangling participle? Reading a book, the cat crawled up in my lap.

The broken bottle cut my foot.

The saw both land and people destroyed by him.

True/False: It does not matter where a participial phrase goes in a sentence.

What are the ways a participle has to end?

Has anyone seen my walking stick?

Tell if the bold word is gerund, verb or participle:

A participle is a verb form that can be used as an

Arriving late, Bobby sat in the back row of the church.

Walking down the street, Joe noticed a dead possum.

The dog was chasing the boy wearing the spiked collar.

"I told you I was sick", were his dying words.

Sally could not sleep with that blinking light from the television's power button.

Removing her glasses, the queen shook her head in disappointment.

Terrified by Ares' power, many Greeks did not like to worship him.

Tell if the gerund is: subject, direct object, predicate nominative or object of a prep.

The sharpened pencil hit Steve in the eye.

The boy jumped onto the moving train just in time.

I could barely see the wandering hobo in the distance.

The boiling clouds poured down rain on the seething sea.

What is a dangling participle?

Most past participles end in

A participle phrase consists of a partiple and any modifiers. The entire phrase is used as a(n)

The curtains closed at the end of the play, bringing the night of theater to an end.

Identify the participle: The smiling child waved.

The Giving Tree always asked the boy what it could do for him.

Tell if the gerund is: subject, direct object, predicate nominative or object of a prep.

I hid in the trunk of the moving car.

Tell if the gerund is: subject, direct object, predicate nominative or object of a prep.

Walking in from the rain, Kristin asked for an umbrella.

Please help me fix the leaning tower of Chromebooks.

The dog, howling in pain, sat outside the door.

We heard the duck quacking noisily at its own image.

This plate, bought at a flea market, is a valuable antique.

Cheering and clapping, the spectators greeted their team.

The charging bull thunderded across the field of red and orange poppies.

He stared at the girl next to the vending machine wearing dark glasses.

The two explorers were afraid they might run into the deadly jumping spider.

Present participles end in

Opening the book to the last page, Sally read the ending first.

Smothered with onions and mushrooms, the burger looked as good as I imagined.

Words ending in -ing that act as nouns are:

The sweetened corn cereal sat in the bowl waiting for milk.

She gave him a knowing smile.

What is a participial phrase?

The running shoes that belong to Kevin, are sitting in the living room.

Tell if the bold word is gerund, verb or participle:

I saw Arthur running for the bus.

Tell if the gerund is: subject, direct object, predicate nominative or object of a prep.

Tell if the next participle is present or past:

Noted for her beauty, Venus was sought by many gods as a wife.

The police officers searched the abandoned warehouse.

She sat under the tree smiling at the beautiful day.

What is a participle?

Stained with blueberry juice, the clothes laid in the hamper.

Tell if the bold word is gerund, verb or participle:

Speeding toward the finish line, Will was going to win the race.

Tell if the next participle is present or past:

Identify the participle phrase: Seeing itself in the mirror, the duck seemed quite bewildered.

The washing machine sat next to the drying machine in the laundering room.

Find the participle: The ship sailed within striking distance.

The children playing in the park belong to the school next door.

Tell if the next participle is present or past:

Tell if the bold word is gerund, verb or participle: