Participles

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Participles

• By Ethan, Tali, Elana, and Steven

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The sliding cat crashed into the cans.
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What is a participle?

• A participle is a form of a verb that functions
  as an adjective.
• Ex. The petite youngster consumed a crumbling
  kugle piece.
• Crumbling is the participle because it is a verb
  describing a noun- kugle.

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Types of participles

• There are two kinds of participles present
  participles and past participles.
• Present participles end in -ing
• Ex. leaping, blazing, withering
• Past participles end in -ed, -t, or en
• Ex. Pumped, burnt, broken

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Huh?

• DONT CONFUSE PARTICIPLES AND VERBS!
• Participles ARENT preceded by helping verbs.
• Ex. The sputtering sedan wrenched down the
  boulevard. (participle)
• The sedan was sputtering down the boulevard.
  (verb)

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The girl, eating the chocolate buttery croissant,
got a stomach ache.
My tummy hurts!
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Participle Phrases

• Participle phrases consist of a participle and
  its related words. The whole kit and caboodle
  acts as an adjective.
• Ex. The girl, eating the chocolate buttery
  croissant, got a stomach ache.
• The participle phrase (red) is describing the
  noun or pronoun. (underlined)

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Across 1. My sister, eating her breakfast,
talked with her mouth full. 5. The running boy
tripped and fell. Down 2. The talking girl would
not stop talking. 3. Flying cats ruled the
ancient city. 4. Harry, the jumping bunny, jumped
all the way home!
Find the participles in the sentences and fill
them in the correct blanks