WILL GIVE BRAILIEST!! Part D: Participles and Participial Phrase
#1-4: Identify the participle or participial phrase and the word it modified in each sentence.
1. Jon saw a running deer in the forest.
2. The girl playing the flute is my sister.
3. The dedicated artist worked endlessly.
4. The truck, burdened with its heavy load, rolled slowly.
#5-8: Use each participle or participial phrase as an adjective to write a sentence.
5. whispering
6. injured
7. thinking about her new job
8. standing near the fence

The basketball crashed against the backboard, and point guard sheena lunged for it. as she snatched the ball out of mid-air, the crowd cheered, chanting encouragement for her team, the monarchs. so far, the game had been a disaster. with 15 seconds left to go in the final quarter, the monarchs were 2 points shy of victory. what main idea do the details in the passage suggest? the point guard sheena was not a very good player. the monarchs had never lost a basketball game. the monarchs were worried about losing. the crowd was not supporting the monarchs.