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Warm-Up 10/18/12 Re- write the following sentences to add a prep phrase. Then, identify the prep phrase as ADV or ADJ . . Be sure to sign your name. I enjoy cooking fish. I counted at least twenty guests. Participles. Verbals: word formed from verbs. Used as adj , nouns, or adv.
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Warm-Up 10/18/12Re-write the following sentences to add a prep phrase. Then, identify the prep phrase as ADV or ADJ. • Be sure to sign your name. • I enjoy cooking fish. • I counted at least twenty guests.
Participles • Verbals: word formed from verbs. Used as adj, nouns, or adv. • Participle: a type of verbal. Used as adj. • Present participle • Smiling, the winner accepted the trophy. • Past participle • The old, dented scooter was still reliable.
Participle practiceWrite the participle/noun modified • Our excited meteorologists told us that the storm’s name was Clive. • It was the first storm in recorded history to reach our town. • The worried townspeople hastily nailed up boards and filled sandbags. • My grandparents recalled a similarly chilling storm from their youth. • When the storm hit, everyone hunkered down in their mildewing basements.