PARTICIPLE A PARTICIPLE is a VERB that acts as an ADJECTIVE in a sentence. giggling The giggling...

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Participial Phrases

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Participial Phrases

What the heck is a PARTICIPLE?

A PARTICIPLE is a VERB that acts as an ADJECTIVE in a sentence.

The giggling clown terrified me.

This PARTICIPLE describes the clown

terrified is the verb/predicate of this sentence

What the heck is a PARTICIPLE ?

A PARTICIPLE is a VERB that acts as an ADJECTIVE in a sentence.

Whistling, she ate her giant bowl of peas.

This PARTICIPLE describes she

ate is the verb/predicate of this sentence

A QUICK REMINDER…

Remember, a PHRASE is NOT a complete sentence.

It lacks a subject OR a predicate

It’s something EXTRA that we add to the main clause of a sentence.

The dancing monkey

A PARTICIPIAL PHRASEdescribes a noun or pronoun

Running with skill and speed, Miguel moved the soccer ball down the field in less than a minute. Notice, the comma

offsets the phrase from the main sentence

The word “running” is a participle

A PARTICIPIAL PHRASEdescribes a noun or pronoun

Running with skill and speed, Miguel moved the soccer ball down the field in less than a minute.A Participial Phrase can START A SENTENCE

A PARTICIPIAL PHRASEdescribes a noun or pronoun

Miguel moved the soccer ball down the field in less than a minute, running with skill and speed.

A Participial Phrase can CLOSE A SENTENCE

A PARTICIPIAL PHRASEdescribes a noun or pronoun

Miguel ,running with skill and speed, moved the soccer ball down the field in less than a minute.A Participial Phrase can go in the middle, BETWEEN the SUBJECT and the VERB

A PARTICIPIAL PHRASECAN BE IN THE PAST TENSE

Garrett smiled and felt warm and tingly, excited that he was about to hear the new Justin Beiber album for the first time.

A PARTICIPIAL PHRASECAN BE IN THE PAST TENSE

The pond, frozen over since early December, should now be safe for ice-skating.

Notice: Some verbs have an irregular past tense

BEWARE OF DANGLING MODIFIERS!

Covered in mustard and relish, Matt enjoyed the hot dog.

Hmmm…Was Matt covered in mustard and relish? Or was the hot dog?

BEWARE OF DANGLING MODIFIERS!

Covered in mustard and relish, the hot dog was the tastiest hot dog that Matt had ever enjoyed.

Now it’s clear that the hot dog was covered in mustard and relish!

BEWARE OF DANGLING MODIFIERS!

Flying over the African landscape, the elephant herd looked magnificent.

This makes it sound like the elephant herd was flying.

BEWARE OF DANGLING MODIFIERS!

Flying over the African landscape, we spotted the magnificent-looking elephant herd.

Now it’s clear that we were flying, not the elephants.

Don't mistake a participial phrase for a GERUND phrase.

Eating cold pizza is my favorite breakfast.

Eating cold pizza, my mom gave me a look of disgust when I refused to take out the trash.

This is a gerund phrase—an ing verb acting as a NOUN

You can tell this is a participial phrase because it’s serving as an ADJECTIVE to describe “mom”