Parts of Speech
This part of speech modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb.
What is an adverb?
This participle typically ends in "-ing" and shows an ongoing action.
What is a present participle?
Identify the participle in the sentence: "The crying baby woke everyone up."
What is crying?
A participle that does not clearly modify any noun or pronoun in the sentence is called a?
What is a dangling participle?
The past participle of "go" is?
What is gone?
A verb that functions as a noun in a sentence
What is a Gerund?
This participle typically ends in "-ed" and is used to describe a completed action.
What is a past participle?
In the sentence "The broken window needs to be repaired," the participle "broken" modifies what noun?
What is window?
In the sentence "Walking down the street, the dog barked loudly," what is the error?
What is a misplaced participle?
The past participle of "eat" is?
What is eaten?
A part of speech that connects words, phrases, or clauses
What is a conjunction?
The word "burned" in the sentence, "The burned toast smelled awful" is what type of participle?
What is a past participle?
In the sentence "Shocked by the news, she couldn't speak," what does the participle "shocked" describe?
What is she?
Correct this sentence: "Running late, the bus left without me."
What is Running late, I missed the bus?
Which perfect tense uses the auxiliary verb "have" with the past participle?
What is the present perfect tense?
A word that takes the place of a noun in a sentence
What is a pronoun?
The participle in the sentence "The running athlete was exhausted" is an example of what type of participle?
What is a present participle?
In the sentence "The written instructions were unclear," what is the function of "written"?
What is a past participle functioning as an adjective?
In the sentence "After finishing the homework, the television was turned on," the participle is misplaced. Find the correct spot for it.
What is After finishing the homework, I turned on the television?
In the sentence, "She has written the letter", the word written is an example of what kind of participle?
What is past?
These words modify or describe a noun or pronoun
What is an adjective?
This participle phrase can function as an adjective in a sentence, as in "The students, tired from the exam, went home."
What is a participle phrase?
In the sentence "Walking through the park, he found a wallet," what role does the participle "walking" serve?
What is a present participle acting as an adjective?
This type of error occurs when the participle seems to modify the wrong noun, leading to confusion.
What is a misplaced participle?
In the sentence "They had gone to the store before it closed," what tense is "had gone"?
What is the past perfect tense?