Transcript Day 27 Biographies

Day 27 Biographies
 Reading Professor
 Names
 “By Any Other Name”
 Questions 3, 9, 10, 11
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Writing with Prepositional Phrases
 Participles
 Reading
 Note cards
 Bring book—finish by Monday
 Speeches start next Wednesday
A Participle is a verb form that functions as an adjective.
Participles aren’t preceded by a helping verb.
 The sputtering car jerked down the road. (participle)
 The car was sputtering down the road. (verb)
Present Participles end in –ing
(jumping, burning, speaking).
 The howling children disturbed the
neighbors.
 Fred Flintstone gave Barney Rubble a
crumbling rock.
 Swimming slowly, I didn’t notice the
shark on my tail.
Past Participles usually end in –
ed, -t, or –en (jumped, burnt,
spoken).
 The frozen candy bar broke her $900
braces.
 Annoyed, Ms. Werner waited for the
students to be quiet.
 Confused by the noise, the mouse hid its
face.
Participles,3
Use participles and participial phrases to create concise
and interesting sentences. You can combine to simple
sentences to make a more interesting complex
sentence.
 2 Sentences: Ms. Werner gave the students a pointed
glare. She waited for them to be quiet.
 1 Sentence: Waiting for them to be quiet, Ms. Werner
gave the students a pointed glare.
The participial phrase includes the participle and the object of the
participle or any words modified by or related to the participle. Participial
phrases act as adjectives
[In the following examples, the participle is bold and the participial phrase is underlined.]
 The car sliding out of control toward the building is going to hit the window.
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SLIDING modifies the CAR. The verb is IS GOING.
 Cameron spotted his brother throwing rocks at the passing cars.
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THROWING is not a verb in this sentence. It describes the brother. Without
an auxiliary verb, it cannot function as a verb.
 The astronaut chosen to ride the space shuttle to Mars is afraid of heights.
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CHOSEN describes the ASTRONAUT.
 Running down the street, Alicia tripped and fell.
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RUNNING certainly indicates something the subject is
doing, but the verbs for the subject are TRIPPED and
FELL.
 Penned in by other runners, Steve was unable to make a
break for the finish line.
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STEVE is the subject. WAS is the verb. PENNED
describes STEVE.
 Mark returned the damaged package to the
manufacturer.
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DAMAGED describes PACKAGE.
 Alex fell down the broken staircase.
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BROKEN describes STAIRCASE.