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Participles
Definition
• A participle is a verb that acts as an
adjective. It describes a noun or
pronoun.
• The exhausted campers slept well.
• Exhausted is a verb that is describing
the campers.
DANGER!
• A participle can be the past tense
of a verb, or the present tense.
Creaking or creaked.
• Don’t get confused between a
Gerund which ALWAYS ends in
“ing,” and a Participle, which CAN
end in “ing.”
How do I find it?
• Use these simple steps!
1. Find all of the verbs in the sentence.
2. Ask yourself, “do any of the verbs
describe a noun or a pronoun?”
Identify the Participial
• Creaking eerily,
the door swung
open to reveal
the beautiful
gift.
Identify the Participial
• Creaking eerily, the
door swung open
to reveal the
beautiful gift.
• Creaking is a verb,
and it describes
the door!
Identify the Participle
• The deserted
building was old
and decrepit.
Identify the Participle
• The deserted
building was old
and decrepit.
• Deserted is a
verb and it is
describing the
building.
Identify the participle
• Fallen bricks blocked
the entry.
Identify the participle
• Fallen bricks blocked
the entry.
• Fallen is a verb and
it is describing the
bricks.
Identify the Participle and what it
describes!
• What’s that scampering sound?
• Handsome Brom Bones, annoyed by
Ichabod’s flirtations, turns against him.
• Did Brom, disguised as the ghost, scare
Ichabod away?
• The horseman hurtles something
resembling a head at Ichabod.
Identify the Participle and what it
describes!
• What’s that scampering sound?
• Handsome Brom Bones, annoyed by
Ichabod’s flirtations, turns against him.
• Did Brom, disguised as the ghost, scare
Ichabod away?
• The horseman hurtles something
resembling a head at Ichabod.