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Open with a
past participle
Sentence Pattern #16
The past participle is the
rd
3 principle part of the
verb
Last time we learned that
Present participles take the
“ing” form.
A majority of past
participles take the “ed”
form
To check, put the helping verb “have” before the
“participle”
(have) tripped; (have) slapped; (have) slept; (have)
fallen; (have) thrown;
• Irregular verbs have unusual
• past participles.
Don’t forget irregular
verbs
INFINITIVE
TO BREAK
SIMPLE PAST
TENSE
BROKE
PAST
PARTICIPLE
BROKEN
Example of simple sentence: She broke the lamp.
Example of past participle: Broken, the lamp lay in pieces
on the floor.
Irregular Verbs Cont.
Don’t forget these verb/past
participle tricksters.
• 1. by combining with adverbs:
• … deeply concerned
• 2. by combining with prepositional
phrases:
• …thrown by the tornado
Past participles form
participial phrases in 2 ways
• When a past participial phrase
opens a sentence,
• use a comma following it
• Concerned about her
grade, Mary….
Don’t forget…
• The past participle or past participial
phrase that opens then sentence
must…
• Describe the noun that immediately
follows it.
Please remember…
• NO! Eaten with glee, the student….
Uh oh… the dangling
modifier
• YES! Eaten with glee,
• the strawberry pie
• lasted barely a minute.
Continued…
• Past participial phrase: Lost in the woods
• Noun: Hansel and Gretal
• What did they do?: searched for shelter and
scavenged for food
Let’s put it all together!
• Lost in the woods, Hansel and Gretal
searched for shelter and scavenged for
food.
The Result
Now use the pictures to write your own sentences
that fit the pattern (open with a past
participle/past participial phrase.
BE CREATIVE!