Participle phrases (present)

Participle phrases (present)

by CCP

Lesson objective

• Students will be able to combine sentences using a present participial phrase at the beginning of a sentence.

Participle phrases

• help bring your writing to life

• help you convey your ideas

• make your writing more interesting to read

Kinds of participle phrases

• Present Participle = first form of verb + ing (e.g. Going)

• Past Participle      = third form of verb (e.g. Gone)

• Perfect Participle = having + third form of verb (e.g. Having gone)

Usage of participle phrases

• To give reasons

• To describe actions

Multiple Choice

1. What is the participle in the following sentence?

Seeing him fall from the tree, I rushed to help him.

• fall from the tree

• rushed

• Seeing

• I

Multiple Choice

2. What is the participle in the following sentence?

Finishing the work, we went out for a walk.

• we

• Finishing

• went

• the work

Participle phrase always describes the person, place, or thing right after it.

E.g. Washing his hands, he ate an apple.

Multiple Choice

E.g. Hearing him speak, I was pleased.

3. What does 'Hearing him speak' describe?

• I

• him

• was pleased

Multiple Choice

E.g. Winning in a singing contest, Mirror has become popular.

4. What does 'Winning in a singing contest' describe?

• Mirror

• singing contest

• popular

Model combining sentences using a describing phrase at the beginning of the sentence.

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5. Jacky was waiting in the hall. He overheard a conversation.

->

in the hall, Jacky overheard a conversation.

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6. He was very tall. He became a basketball player.

->

, he became a basketball player.

Open Ended

7. The children went from house to house. They played trick or treat.

Open Ended

8. Roy saw a snake. He screamed.

Open Ended

9. Miss Mak did not wish to interrupt the lesson, she left quietly.