Transcript Participial Phrases

Participle
Participial Phrases
Participial
• A participle is a verb used as an adjective.
• There are two kinds of participles.
– The past participle has the past form of the verb
which would go with the verb have and would
usually end in -ed.
– The present participle ends in -ing.
Recognize the
participle
Verb
Simple Simple Past
Present Infinit
Participl Participl ive
Present Past
e
e
giggle giggle(s giggled giggled
giggling
to
giggle
help
helping
to
help
help(s)
helped helped
Irregular Verbs
Verb
Simple Simple
Present Past
Past
Present Infiniti
Particip Particip ve
le
le
Bring Bring(s) Brought Brought Bringing To
bring
Swim Swim(s) Swam
Swum
Swimmi To
ng
swim
Participles in sentences
• The crying baby drew a long breath and
sucked in a spider crouching in the
corner of the crib.
What does the
present
participle
crying modify?
baby
What does the
present participle
crouching
modify?
spider
Participial Phrases
• A participial phrase is the participle plus
any complements and modifiers of the
participle and complements.
– A participial phrase may include other
types of phrases.
Examples of Participial
Phrases
• Swinging from the trees, the monkey
chattered at me.
The participial phrase is : swinging from the trees.
If the participial phrase is an adjective it must modify a noun.
More Examples
1.The woman wearing the red dress
lives in the neighborhood.
2. The moon robot, activated by a
remote switch, started moving slowly.
3.I saw the monkey swinging from the
trees.
4. Tony followed the crowd, fearing
being left behind.
Practice
Try writing a sentence
about this cartoon that
begins with a present
participial phrase.
Try writing a sentence
about this cartoon with
a participial phrase in the
middle or end of the
sentence.