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Participles

Participles. What are participles?. End with -ing. Look at the verb table below and find out the answers. Participles. What are participles?. End with -ed. Look at the verb table below and find out the answers. Participles used as adjectives. Present participles are usually active.

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Participles

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  1. Participles What are participles? End with -ing Look at the verb table below and find out the answers.

  2. Participles What are participles? Endwith -ed Look at the verb table below and find out the answers.

  3. Participles used as adjectives Present participles are usually active Examples : 1a. The boring teacher talked for hours. 1b. The bored students fell asleep. Past participles are usually passive 2a. I read an interesting magazine yesterday. 2b. The magazine receives a lot of support from interested readers.

  4. More examples: 3a. It was an exciting concert. 3b. The excited fans screamed during the concert. 4a. Many young people experience troubling situations. 4b. The Samaritan Befrienders Hong Kong receives calls from troubled young people.

  5. Try exercise 1 & 2

  6. Participle Phrases What is a participle phrase? A participle phrase is made up of a participle + object / meaningful expression. A participle phrase describing the noun before, ie. young people. Example : We get calls from young people worried about relationships.

  7. A phrase begins with a present participle. (Active) More examples : 1a. Look at the boy. 1b. Look at the boy climbing the tree. 2a. The man has missed the bus. 2b. The man running down the street has missed the bus A phrase begins with a past participle. (Passive) 3a. The fans stood up and danced. 3b. The fans, excited by the concert, stood up and danced.

  8. Participle phrases as adverbs We can use participle phrases to join two ideas together. An adverbial phrase giving a reason HOW? Examples : Feeling upset and confused, the girl called the Samaritans Befrienders Hong Kong. Who feel upset & confused? The girl in the main course.

  9. Notice the changes made. More examples : 1a. The girl felt upset and confused. She called the Samaritan Befrienders Hong Kong. 1b. Feeling upset and confused, the girl called the Samaritan Befrienders Hong Kong.

  10. A participle phrase joining 2 actions which happen together. 2a. Ellen listened to the girl. She wished she could help her. 2b. Ellen listened to the girl, wishing she could help her. A participle phrase joining 2 actions, one of which happens during the other. 3a. He was injured when he was crossing the road. 3b. He was injured crossing the road.

  11. Try exercise 3 END

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