Transcript Painting With Participles

Painting With Participles
Ideas collected
from Image Grammar
To Paint With a Participle
• Add an “ing” or “ed” to a verb in the
sentence.
• The verb will no longer act as a “verb” but
will take on the job of a “participle.”
• A participle’s task is to act like an
adjective.
• You may have to add another verb to your
sentence.
• You will probably have to rearrange and
connect some words or phrases.
Let’s See How That Looks
• Sample sentence: “The person was looking
for us. He was a small fellow with spectacles.
His face was wizened.”
• Painted with Participles: “The person looking
for us was a small fellow with spectacles in a
wizened face.”
• Which words are the participles?
• What did you notice about the sentence after
it was “painted?”
Beginning Sentences With
Participles
• A beginning “ed” participle: ALL THE
SKILLED WORKERS had already been sent
to other camps.
• A beginning “ing” participial phrase:Sitting on
the ground, we counted bolts, bulbs, and
various small electrical.
Ending Sentences With
Participles
• Ending with an “ed” participle: In no time, the
camp had the look of an abandoned ship.
• Ending with an “ing” participial phrase: They
allowed themselves to be kissed and tickled,
bursting with laughter.
Time to Practice
• Revise the following sentences to include a
participle. Remember to look at the verbs.
Then add an “ing” or “ed.” Rearrange and
combine words and sentences. Then enjoy
your painting!
• He narrowed his beady eyes. He read the title
of one of his books.
• “Narrowing his beady eyes, he read the title
of one of the books.” —Lemony Snicket, The
Bad Beginning
Some More Practice
• Then he wore only undershorts. He was
streaked from head to toe with mud like one
of those lost guys from the Amazon rainforest.
• “Then, wearing only my undershorts, and
streaked head to toe with mud like one of
those lost guys from the Amazon rainforest.”
—Edward Bloor, Tangerine
And Some More Practice
• The shirt was silk paisley. It was unbuttoned
halfway down his hairless chest.
• “The shirt was silk paisley, unbuttoned
halfway down his hairless chest.” —Rick
Riordan, The Lightning Thief
• It is time to practice on your own! Let’s see
how well you do!!!