Understanding Participles

This worksheet helps grade 10 students identify and correctly use participles and participial phrases in sentences.

Grade 10 ELA GrammarGrammar and MechanicsParts of SpeechVerbalsParticiples

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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.9-10.1.b

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Understanding Participles

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Carefully read each instruction and answer the questions to the best of your ability. This worksheet focuses on identifying and using participles and participial phrases.

Participles are verb forms that function as adjectives, modifying nouns or pronouns. They can be present participles (ending in -ing) or past participles (often ending in -ed, -en, -d, -t, -n, or -ne). A participial phrase consists of a participle and any modifiers or complements it has, all acting together as an adjective.

1. In the sentence, "The barking dog chased the squirrel," what is the participle?

dog

chased

barking

squirrel

2. The leaves covered the forest floor. (Use a past participle of 'fall')

3. loudly, the baby demanded attention. (Use a present participle of 'cry')

4. Underline the participial phrase in the following sentence: "Exhausted by the long journey, the travelers finally rested." Then, state the noun it modifies.

5. A participle always functions as a verb.

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6. Rewrite the following two sentences into one, using a participial phrase to combine them: "The student studied diligently. The student hoped for a good grade."