Transcript 35. What is Participle?

What is Participle?
•Two kinds of participle
–Present participle (V-ing)
–Past participle (V-3)
The steps to finding a participle:
• 1. Find the subject and verb to
eliminate any confusion.
• 2. Decide what part of the
sentence the verbal belongs to.
• Al Gore, knocked around by Bill Bradley
for being "pro-gun," is confidently
pushing gun control to the forefront of his
presidential campaign.
• The activist called for a waiting period
for gun purchases to help reduce illegal
gun trafficking.
• Headed by conservative media watchdog
leader Brent Bozell, the Parents
Television Council announced the results
of a study.
• The network reported on the
springtime ritual of young men and
women flocking to warm beaches
around the globe.
• The statement issued by Columbia
noted that a current weakness of the
Internet is the inability to
authenticate material.
• The armed services struggle to meet
recruiting goals in a tight job market.
Functions
1. Finite verb
–Continuous tense (present, past
,future)
–Passive voice
–Perfect tense (present, past, future)
2. Non-finite verb (active, passive)
• Three kinds of participle
–Present participle (V-ing)
*Active meaning (reduced from active
sentence)
–Past participle (V-3)
*Passive meaning (reduced from
passive voice
-Perfect participle (Having + V3)
*Active @ Passive (reduced from
perfect tense)
How to reduce
• Simple sentence
• From Compound sentence (Fanboys)
• From Complex sentence
– Noun Clause
– Adjective Clause
– Adverb Clause
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Adverb Clause of Time
Adverb Clause of Cause
Adverb Clause of Condition
Adverb Clause of Contrast
Adverb Clause of Manner
Adverb Clause of Purpose
Participle Duties
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As adjective clause
Together with other finite verbs
Modifying
Complement
Saying the causes
Mention the condition
Telling the contrasting
Telling manner
Before verbs
Separating and combining
Absolute