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Title: The Participle and the Participle Phrase


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The Participle and the Participle Phrase
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Verbals and Verbal Phrases
  • A VERBAL is a word that is formed from a verb but
    is used as a noun, an adjective or an adverb.
  • There are 3 types of verbals
  • The participle
  • The gerund
  • The infinitive

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The Participle
  • A participle is a verb form that can be used as
    an adjective.
  • 1. Present participles end in ing
  • Ex) The smiling child waved.
  • Smiling, a form of the verb smile, modifies the
    noun child.
  • Ex) The horses trotting past were not frightened
    by the crowd.
  • Trotting, a form of the verb trot, modifies the
    noun horses.

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  • 2. Most past participles end in d or ed. Some
    past participles are irregularly formed.

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Examples
  • Ex.) The police officers searched the abandoned
    warehouse.
  • Abandoned, a form of the verb abandon, modifies
    the noun, warehouse.
  • Ex.) This plate, bought at a flea market, is a
    valuable antique.
  • Ex.) Chosen for her leadership abilities, Dawn
    was an effective team captain.

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One last Tip
  • Do not confuse a participle used as an adjective
    with a participle used as part of a verb phrase.
  • ADJECTIVE Planning their trip, the class
    learned how to read a road map.
  • VERB PHRASE While they were planning their
    trip, the class learned how to read a road map.

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The Participial Phrase
  • A participal phrase consists of a participal and
    any modifiers or complements the participle has.
    The entire phrase is used as an adjective.

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  • A participle may be modified by an adverb or an
    adverb phrase and may also have a complement,
    usually a direct object.

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Examples
  • Seeing itself in the mirror, the duck seemed
    quite amused.
  • The participal phrase modifies the noun duck.
    The pronoun itself is the direct object of the
    present participle seeing. The adverb phrase in
    the mirror modifies the present participle seeing.

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Examples
  • After a while , we heard the duck quacking
    noisily at its own image.
  • The participal phrase modifies the noun duck.
    The adverb noisily and the adverb phrase at its
    own image modify the present participle quacking.

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Examples
  • Then, disgusted with the other duck, it pecked
    the mirror.
  • The participal phrase modifies the pronoun it.
    The adverb phrase with the other duck modifies
    the past participle disgusted.

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  • A participial phrase should be placed as close as
    possible to the word it modifies. Otherwise, the
    phrase may appear to modify another word and the
    sentence may not make sense.
  • MISPLACED Slithering through the grass, I saw a
    snake trimming the hedges this morning.
  • CORRECTED Trimming the hedges this morning, I
    saw a snake slithering through the grass.
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