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Painting with Participles A participle is a verb with an –ed or –ing ending that is tagged onto the beginning, middle, or end of a sentence. ___________________________________________ The diamond-scaled snakes attacked their prey. (This sentence is okay, but it could be better with some verbs to indicate the actions of the snake.) ________________________________________________ Hissing, slithering, and coiling, the diamond-scaled snakes attacked their prey. (This sentence is much better because we can actually picture the movements and actions of the snake. All that needed to be done was to add a few participles to the beginning.) ________________________________________________ Hissing their forked red tongues and coiling their cold bodies, the diamond-scaled snakes attacked their prey. To make a participial phrase ask yourself What? or To whom? Was the action verb occurring? Hissing what? Coiling what? (This is the best because instead of just adding participles, a participial phrase was added that gave us even more detail and description. This completed the image in the readers mind.) The python wrapped itself around the branch. Beginning: Waiting, the python wrapped itself around the branch. Middle: The python, waiting, wrapped itself around the branch. End: The python wrapped itself around the branch, waiting. To make the participle phrase, ask: What was the python waiting for? Choose one of the sentences from above and add a participial phrase. The crowd surrounded the girl. Beginning: Pulsating with excitement, the crowd surrounded the girl. Middle: The crowd, moving like a blob and growing larger, surrounded the girl. End: The crowd surrounded the girl, screaming at the top of their lungs and cheering their team onto victory. ______________________________________________________ Add participle phrases to the following sentences. Be sure to put them in the correct location. The student made many careless mistakes. (Place the participial phrase in front of this sentence.) The old woman stopped to rest on the street corner. (Place the participial phrase in the middle of this sentence.) Lori walked across the campus. (Place the participial phrase at the end of this sentence.)