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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.