Question

Find the participles in the following sentence and indicate whether they are present or past participles.

Listening to the strange sounds at night, I lay with my head covered and my heart pounding.

he girls kept the thread moving through the machine.

Looking toward the east, we could see the sun rising over the hills.

Answer 1

Participles: Listening, pounding. These are both present because they end with 'ing'.

Participles: covered, pounding, listening. These mostly end in ing so they're present, but covered is past

Participles: moving. This is also present

Participles: Looking, rising. these are in fact Present

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

1. Listening to the strange sounds at night, I lay with my head covered and my heart pounding.

2. The girls kept the thread moving through the machine.

3. Looking toward the east, we could see the sun rising over the hills.

Step-by-step explanation:

Sentence 1, your participle is listening, and it is a present participle

Sentence 2, your participle is moving, and it is a present participle

Sentence 3, your participle is rising, and it is a present participle

Remember: All present participles end in -ing.

I also underlined all of your participle phrases.