20 questions
What is a participle?
verb pretending to be a noun
verb pretending to be an adjective
noun pretending to be a noun
adjective pretending to be a verb
What are the two ways a participle can end?
-ly
-ing
-ed
-ness
Find the participle: The ship sailed within striking distance.
sailed
ship
striking
distance
Find the participle: The children took off their snowy jackets and crowded by the warming fire.
warming
crowded
took
snowy
Find the participle:Sally could not sleep with that blinking light from the television's power button.
sleep
blinking
could
power
Find the participle: The man shielded his eyes from the blinding sun as he stepped out of the movie theater.
Shielded
stepped
eyes
blinding
Find the participle: The boiling clouds poured down rain on the seething sea.
boiling
seething
poured
Find the participle: The startled cat jumped high into the air.
cat
air
jumped
startled
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: Opening the book to the last page, Sally read the ending first.
the last page
Sally read the ending
ending first
opening the book to the last page
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 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
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 curtains closed at the end of the play, bringing the night of theater to an end.
end of the play
to an end
the curtains closed
bringing the night of theater to an end
What is a dangling participle?
a participial phrase in the wrong place
a prepositional phrase in the wrong place
a phrase at the end of a sentence
a phrase that describes falling off of something
Does this sentence contain a dangling participle? Reading a book, the cat crawled up in my lap.
Yes
No
Does this sentence contain a dangling participle? The dog was chasing the boy wearing the spiked collar.
Yes
No
Does this sentence contain a dangling participle? I saw Arthur running for the bus.
Yes
No
Does this sentence contain a dangling participle? Removing her glasses, the queen shook her head in disappointment.
Yes
No
Does this sentence contain a dangling participle? He stared at the girl next to the vending machine wearing dark glasses.
Yes
No