PAST PARTICIPIAL PHRASE

PAST PARTICIPIAL PHRASE

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A past participial phrase includes a past participle and any modifiers. Past participial phrases function adjectivally to give more information about a noun or a pronoun in a sentence.

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Leroy tossed a rope to the man thrown overboard.

• thrown is past participle

• thrown functions as adjective

• thrown describes man

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Roberto, thrown overboard, struggled in the water until Leroy tossed him a rope.

• thrown is past participle

• thrown functions as adjective

• thrown describes Roberto

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Stolen in the burglary, my television and stereo will be replaced by insurance.

• Stolen is past participle

• Stolen functions as adjective

• Stolen describes television and stereo

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Confused by the assignment, Maria asked her instructor for extra help.

• Confused by the assignment is participial phrase.

• Who was Confused? Maria

• The sentence above comes from two simple sentences:

  1. Maria was confused by assignment.

  2. Maria asked her instructor for extra help.

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Written by the personnel director, the office manual details the rules of employment.

• the underlined part is past participial phrase

• the underlined part is verb phrase

• the underlined part describes the word MANUAL

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This “armor” helps prevent the insects from losing limbs in battles with other ants and staves off fungal infections, according to a paper published November 24 in the journal Nature Communications.

• the underlined part is past participial phrase

• the underlined part is verb phrase

• the underlined part describes the word PAPER

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This would be like having your body covered in [tiny crystals] of enamel.

• the underlined part is past participial phrase

• the underlined part is verb phrase

• the underlined part describes the word BODY

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Adorned with protruding sticks of heavy pollen, the bee looks “so goofy and cute".

• the underline part is past participial phrase

• the underline part is verb phrase

• the underline part describes the word BEE

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Long before bees buzzed the skies, plants reproduced by a process called anemophily, in which pollen carried on the wind sometimes lands on just the right spot.

• the underlines part is past participial phrase

• the underlines part is verb phrase

• the underlines part describes the word PLANTS

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Long before bees buzzed the skies, plants reproduced by a process called anemophily, in which pollen carried on the wind sometimes lands on just the right spot.

• the underlined part is past participial phrase

• the underlined part is verb phrase

• the underlined part describes the word POLLEN

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Long before bees buzzed the skies, plants reproduced by a process called anemophily, in which pollen carried on the wind sometimes lands on just the right spot.

• the underlined part is past participial phrase

• the underlined part is verb phrase

• the underlined part describes the word PROCESS

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Because the odor was reminiscent of a chlorinated swimming pool, Strohm suspected the cause was some sort of strong oxidant (like chlorine), which all smell similar.

• the underlined part is past participle

• the underlined part is verb

• the underlined part describes swimming pool

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When the researchers incubated paralyzed bees in chambers with an egg that wasn’t even touching them, they still thwarted the mold, confirming what Strohm’s nose uncovered—the eggs’ weapon was airborne.

• the underlined part is past participle

• the underlined part is verb

• the underlined part describes BEES

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Long before bees buzzed the skies, plants reproduced by a process called anemophily, in which pollen carried on the wind sometimes lands on just the right spot.

• the underlined part is past participial phrase

• the underlined part is verb phrase

• the underlined part describes the word PROCESS