Download Participles and Participial Phrases

Participles and
Participial Phrases
WHAT IS A PARTICIPLE?
 A participle is a VERB
(action word) that is acting
as an ADJECTIVE
(descriptive word)
TWO TYPES OF PARTICIALS
 PRESENT PARTICIPLES –
THESE END IN “ING”
(DANCING, PLAYING,
WAITING)
 PAST PARTICIPLES –
GENERALLY END IN “ED”
(DANCED, PLAYED, WAITED)
PARTICIPLES ANSWER THE
FOLLOWING QUESTIONS
 WHAT KIND?
 WHICH ONE?
EXAMPLES OF
PARTICIPLES
 PRESENT
 A whining sound came from the
man’s horse.
 Competing, each tribe tried to
show off its riches.
EXAMPLES OF
PARTICIPLES
 PAST
 The ground corn was used to
make tortillas.
 Disgusted, Len walked away
without saying goodbye.
LETS PRACTICE!! –
Are the following examples participles or
verbs?
 To the north of the Pueblo tribes lived
scattered bands of people.
 Participle (bands)
 For clothes, they used scraps of skins
from the hunted rabbits.
 Participle (rabbits)
 They were known as the Shoshone, and
they inhabited the deserts of the West.
 Tricked You!!  VERB!
How to create a
participial phrase
 Participle + Adverb = Participial phrase
Or
 Participle + Adverb Phrase = Participial phrase
 THE ENTIRE PHRASE ACTS AS AN
ADJECTIVE!!!
EXAMPLES
 Studying carefully, she learned much
about Native American people.
 Studying = present participial
 Carefully = adverb modifying “studying”
 Studying Carefully = modifying “she”
LETS PRACTICE!!!
 Living in the Northwest, the Nootka and other
tribes built their lives around fish and wood.
 Living in the Northwest = participial phrase
 Hollowed-out trees were turned into boats.
 Hollowed-out = participial phrase
 Fishing from these boats, the tribes brought in
abundant amounts of salmon and halibut.
 Fishing from these boats = participial phrase