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Sliding forward in their seats, the students eagerly anticipated the grammar lesson. 1) Celebrat ing the study of words , the students high-fived one another. 2) Soak ed by the rain storm , Joe cursed the sky. 3) Skidd ing out of control , my car slammed into the post.
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Sliding forward in their seats, the students eagerly anticipated the grammar lesson.
1) Celebrating the study of words, the students high-fived one another. 2) Soaked by the rain storm, Joe cursed the sky. 3) Skidding out of control, my car slammed into the post. ParticipialPhrases and You A participial phrase is a phrase that starts with an: -ing, -ed, or irregular verb ending.
Participial Phrases cont. • A participial phrase is used as an adjective to describe a noun or pronoun in the sentence. Ex: Elbowed by his classmate, Tommy awoke to find his teacher staring at him. ‘Elbowed by his classmate’ is a participial phrase that describes Tommy, the subject of the sentence. We know every sentence must have a subject and a predicate. SUBJECT=Tommy PREDICATE=awoke
Participial Phrases Activity Burned by the sun, the student tried to soothe some of the pain with aloe lotion. Susie knew the importance of exercise. Richie ran for a touchdown. Having been a gymnast, Carrying the ball with both hands,
Your Turn! Use the picture to help you get started. Come up with a sentence including a participial phrase.
Try another one! Write two sentences that include Participial phrases. One must use -ing while the other uses -ed
Creativity Time… Come up with any topic that you’d like to write about. Write 10 sentences about that topic using this sentence pattern. Participle phrase, subject—predicate.