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Participles
Participles Grammar review.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| What is a verbal? | A word that is formed from a verb but functions as another part of speech. |
| Participles are formed from what? | Verbs |
| Participles function as what part of speech? | Adjectives |
| What does modifying mean? | To describe. |
| Identify the participle: Removing her jacket, Karen rushed to the river. | Removing |
| What is the participle modifying in the sentence?: Removing her jacket, Karen rushed to the river. | Karen |
| Identify the participle: Sitting in the front row, the girl listened carefully. | Sitting |
| What is the participle modifying in the sentence?: Sitting in the front row, the girl listened carefully. | Girl |
| Identify the participle: The skier took a side trail hoping to avoid the mass of trees ahead. | Hoping |
| What is the participle modifying in the sentence?: The skier took a side trail hoping to avoid the mass of trees ahead. | Skier |
| Identify the participle: Children interested in studying will succeed. | Interested |
| What is the participle modifying in the sentence?: Children interested in studying will succeed. | Children |
| Identify the participle: Hidden from view, the man saw the boy who tore down the sign. | Hidden |
| What is the participle modifying in the sentence?: Hidden from view, the man saw the boy who tore down the sign. | The man |
| Identify the participle: Burned and hard, the pizza was inedible. | Burned |
| What is the participle modifying in the sentence?: Burned and hard, the pizza was inedible. | The pizza |
| Identify the participle: The exhausted students slept. | Exhausted |
| What is the participle modifying in the sentence?: The exhausted students slept. | Students |
| Present participles always end in what? | -Ing |
| Past participles end in what? | -Ed, -En, -T, -D |