Participles as Adjectives | Verbal Worksheets - Free Printable

I'll solve this worksheet on "Participles as Adjectives" by identifying the participles in each sentence and writing what noun they modify.

Let me go through each sentence one by one:

1. The burning building collapsed into the street.
- Participle: "burning"
- Modifies: "building"

2. We loved the laughing baby.
- Participle: "laughing"
- Modifies: "baby"

3. The boring speech put the audience to sleep.
- Participle: "boring"
- Modifies: "speech"

4. Kind Mrs. Carter helped the shaken victim to a chair.
- Participle: "shaken"
- Modifies: "victim"

5. The excited fan screamed when she saw the singer.
- Participle: "excited"
- Modifies: "fan"

6. The poor child had a worn coat with no buttons.
- Participle: "worn"
- Modifies: "coat"

7. The proud mother looked at her grown children and knew she had raised them well.
- Participle: "grown"
- Modifies: "children"

8. The charming salesman convinced the very tall man to buy a tiny cat.
- Participle: "charming"
- Modifies: "salesman"

This worksheet is teaching students to identify participles (verb forms used as adjectives) and understand which nouns they are modifying in each sentence. The participles typically end in -ing, -ed, or other verb-derived endings, and function as adjectives describing the nouns they precede or follow.