Download Grammar – Verbal Participial phrases When a participial phrase

Grammar – Verbal
 Participial phrases
 When a participial phrase begins a sentence a comma should be placed after the phrase
 arriving at my school, I found a monster
 If the participle phrase comes in the. Idle of a sentence it should be set off with a
comma only if the information is not essential to the meaning of the sentence
 The school, destroyed by the scary monster, was never rebuilt (thankfully)
 If the participial phrase is essential to the meaning of the sentence no commas should
be used
 The monster let loose inside the school was Mr. Torrez's
 Present participial act as modifiers
 A verb form used as an adjective
 End in -ed or -ing
 Participial phrase consists of the participle and any compliments or modifiers
 Not a participial if it is the action the subject is preforming in the sentence
 It must be used as an adjective
 Gerunds
 Gerunds function as nouns
 Will be subjects subject compliments Direct objects indirect objects and objects of the
prepositions
 You can replace a gerund clause with it and it will still make sense
 End in -ing
 Gerunds phrase includes the gerund and any compliments or modifiers
 Must end in -ing
 Is not a gerund if the action the subject is preforming in the se fancy
 It must be used as a noun
 Infinitives
 A verb form usually preceded by to that is used as a noun adjective or adverb
 Infinite phrase consist of the Infinitive and any other compliments or modifiers
 To followed by a verb form
 Try to replace (if used as a pronoun) the infinite with it this or something should still be
grammatically correct
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