Identifying
Identify the participle in the sentence.
The smiling girl took the popsicle out of the freezer.
Smiling
Which of the following could be placed in the sentence?
The ______ kids were excited for beach volleyball.
A) excited
B) screaming
C) stupid
D) weird
B
What word in the sentence is the present participle?
The screaming kids were fighting on the plane ride to Hawaii.
Screaming
What is the past participle in the sentence?
The broken sea shells crunched as the girl stepped on them.
What is broken?
Is this statement an example of a participle? True or False.
The energetic boy was excited to go to the beach.
False.
Identify the participle in the sentence.
The boy lost his running shoes right before he was about to run the marathon on a hot sunny day.
Running
Which of the following could be placed in the sentence?
The______rabbit found itself covered in ice cream.
A) hungry
B) lazy
C) snacking
D) ugly
C
What word in the sentence is the present participle?
The flying beach ball fell into the warm ocean water
Flying
The summer basket she was given was gorgeous.
What is given?
Is this statement an example of a participle? True or False.
The lady was chasing the scurrying crab on the sandy beach.
True.
The cheering spectators watched the volleyball game that took place on the beach.
Cheering
Which of the following could be placed in the sentence?
The______popsicles created a mess on the families beach mat.
A) Moldy
B) Melting
C) Delicious
D) Funny
B
What word in the sentence is the present participle?
The chirping bird was peacefully sitting in the pink cherry blossom tree.
Chirping
While I trimmed the grass, I saw a tiny bunny.
What is trimmed?
Is this statement an example of a participle? True or False.
The pink-shirted girl was neatly packing for her beach trip.
False.
Identify the participle in the sentence.
The buried treasure that was found under the sand was recently found by explorers.
Buried
Which of the following could be placed in the sentence?
The______ child had to do summer school and miss out on the family trip.
A) Flunking
B) Smart
C) Kind
D) Stupid
A
The dancing palm tree dropped its coconuts onto the sandy beach.
Dancing
The speech she had written was awfully long.
What is written?
Is this statement an example of a participle? True or False.
The growing boy believed he didn't need his mom to hold his mom on the walk down to the beach anymore.
True.
The shining sun beamed bright sunlight all over the beach.
Shining
Which of the following could be placed in the sentence?
The______house had a very eerie appearance
that scared the children at the summer fair.
A) haunting
B) eerie
C) scaring
D) looking
A
The melting popsicle is glistening in the sun.
Melting
Their phones that had been taken made them feel as though their summer was cut short.
What is taken?
Is this statement an example of a participle? True or False.
On the families Hawaii trip, the sneaky kids knocked the old man's walking stick out of his hand.
True.