Participial Phrases

Participial Phrases

SWBAT identify participial phrases and combine sentences using participial phrases.

Poll

Do Now: Identify the participial phrase in the sentence:

The retriever, known for his gentle nature, played catch with the children.

• The retriever

• known for his gentle nature

• played catch

• with the children

What is a participle?

• A verb that acts as an adjective

• Present Participles end in -ing

• Past participles end in -ed, d, -t, or -en

• One word

• Must be relatively close to the noun or pronoun it modifies

• Example: Removing his coat, Jack rushed to the river.

What is a participial phrase?

• A phrase that has a verb that acts as an adjective

• Can be in the beginning, middle, or end of sentences

• Consists of that ONE word (participle), plus all the words that modify it.

• Example: Removing his coat, Jack rushed to the river.

• What or who does the phrase modify in this sentence?

Multiple Select

What is a participle?

• A noun that acts like a verb

• A verb that acts as a noun

• A verb that acts as an adjective.

• a verb that acts as a verb

Example

• Sarah noticed her cousin walking along the shoreline.

• The participial phrase is functions as an adjective modifying cousin.

• walking (participle)

• along the shoreline (prepositional phrase)-- this tells us where the cousin is walking.

Having been a gymnast, James knew the importance of exercise.

• The participial phrase acts as an adjective modifying James.

• Having been is the participle.

• a gymnast (subject complement)

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Multiple Choice

A participial phrase must be placed closest to the noun it modifies. Looking at the two sentences, which makes the most sense?

• Carrying a heavy pile of books, his foot caught on a step.

• Carrying a heavy pile of books, he caught his foot on a step.

Punctuation

• When a participial phrase begins a sentence, a comma should be placed after the phrase.

• Example: Arriving at the store, I found that it was closed.

• Example: Washing and polishing the car, Frank developed sore muscles.

Punctuation

• If the participial phrase is placed in the middle of the sentence, it should be separated with commas only if the information is not essential (unnecessary) to the rest of the sentence.

• Sid, watching an old movie, drifted in and out of sleep.

• The church, destroyed by an old fire, was never rebuilt.

Multiple Choice

Which is correctly punctuated?

• Waiting for her ride to school. Marie saw a deer leap into the woods.

• Waiting for her ride to school, Marie saw a deer leap into the woods.

• Waiting, for her ride to school, Marie saw a deer leap into the woods.

• Waiting for her ride to school Marie, saw a deer leap into the woods.

Multiple Select

Which of the following is properly punctuated?

• The reward, announced in the newspaper, was a large sum of money.

• The reward announced in the newspaper was a large sum of money.

• The reward, announced in the newspaper was a large sum of money.

• The reward announced in the newspaper, was a large sum of money.

If the participial phrase is essential to the meaning of the sentence, no commas should be used.

• The student receiving the highest grade point average will receive a special reward.

• The guy wearing the chicken costume is my cousin.

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Multiple Choice

1. Identify the participial phrase: Diving near a reef, the marine biologist saw a shark.

• Diving near a reef,

• the marine biologist

• saw a shark

• none of the above.

Multiple Choice

2.Identify the participles in the sentence: A peeled and sliced cucumber can be added to the salad.

• peeled

• sliced

• peeled and sliced

• can be added

Multiple Choice

3.Identify the participle: The water drained slowly in the pipe clogged with dog hair.

• drained slowly

• drained

• clogged with dog hair

• clogged

Combining sentences using participial phrases

• The treasure was buried beneath the golden sand. The treasure would make pirates rich.

• Identify any words ending with -ing, ed, d, en, or t.

• How might we combine these two sentences using a participial phrase?

Buried beneath the golden sand, the treasure would make pirates rich.

• Original: The treasure was buried beneath the golden sand. The treasure would make pirates rich.

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Combining sentences using participial phrases

• The pirates were struggling to bail the water from the hull. The pirates feared the ship would sink.

• How might you combine the sentences using a participial phrase?

Struggling to bail the water from the hull, the pirates feared the ship would sink.

• Original: The pirates were struggling to bail the water from the hull. The pirates feared the ship would sink.

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Open Ended

Exit Slip: Combine the sentences using a participial phrase.

The compass was shattered into tiny pieces. The compass was useless.