Participial Phrases & Pax Ch. 20

Verbals and Verbal Phrases

​ Thursday, November 16th, 2023


We can identify and use participial phrases in the middle of a sentence to add details about a subject.

We can identify prepositional phrases. (Review)


We can identify, explain, and create cause and effect relationships in fiction and nonfiction texts.

Multiple Choice

What is a verb?

• names people, places, things, and ideas

• expresses an emotion

• takes the place of a noun, or pronoun

• expresses an action or state of being

Verbals and Verbal Phrases

​A verbal is a verb form used as a noun, an adjective, or an adverb (particle, gerund, and infinitive).

A verbal phrase consists of a verbal and its modifiers and complements. The three kinds of verbal phrases are the participial phrase, the gerund phrase, and the infinitive phrase.

​The Participle

A participle is a verb form that can be used as an adjective.

Two kinds of participles are the present participle and the past participle.

Present participles end in -ing.

Example: The freezing rain made the road slippery.

Did I hear someone knocking on the door?

​The Participle

Most past participles end in -d or -ed. Others are irregularly formed.

Example: We returned rested and relaxed after a long vacation.

The lab tested samples of water taken from wells in the area.

Brian, having completed his chores, went to hang out with his friends.

​The Participial Phrase

A participial phrase consists of a participle and its modifiers and complements. The entire phrase is used as an adjective.

Example: Living far from the city, I developed a love for nature.

The groceries packed in the crate are for Karidat and the Ayuda Network.

Multiple Choice

A participle is a verb form_______.

• that can be used as a noun

• that can be used as an adjective

• that can be used as an adverb

Multiple Choice

What is the participle phrase?

Looking intently at the map, Jerry found New Hope.

• at the map

• found New Hope

• Looking intently at the map

Multiple Choice

What is the participle phrase?

Have you ever had an X-ray taken by a doctor or dentist?

• had an X-ray

• Have you ever

• taken by a doctor or dentist

Multiple Choice

What is the participle phrase?

The workers struggling to build the Panama Canal were at grave risk of getting yellow fever.

• to build the Panama Canal

• struggling to build the Panama Canal

• getting yellow fever

Multiple Choice

What is the participle phrase?

His favorite football memorabilia is his football signed by Peyton Manning.

• His favorite football memorabilia

• signed by Peyton Manning

• his football

Multiple Select

A participle phrase is made up of…

• A participle

• A preposition

• A comma

• Any modifiers, complements

Multiple Choice

Identify the participle in the sentence:

Sarah noticed her sister walking along the shoreline.

• noticed

• walking

• walking along

• shoreline

Multiple Choice

Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentence: 
My cat jumped on my bed and woke me up. 

• on my bed

• my cat jumped

• on my bed and woke me up

• woke me

Multiple Choice

Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentence: 

The chairs were placed upon the desks. 

• upon the desks

• were placed

• the chairs were placed upon

• the chairs

Multiple Choice

Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentence: 

The bird flew into the window and was okay.

• the bird flew

• into the window but was okay

• flew into the window

• into the window

Multiple Select

Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentence: 

I like to listen to music.

• to listen

• to music

• like to

• No prepositional phrases

Multiple Select

Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentence: 

The ticket holders waited patiently outside the theater.

• the ticket holders

• waited patiently

• outside the theater

• No prepositional phrases

Open Ended

Peter rubbed the chisel handle with oiled steel wool, trying to resist the urge to throw it across the barn.

Turn this into a participial phrase.

Hint: Peter, ___________, rubbed _____________.

Open Ended

Vola looked up from the chicken she was plucking. She eyed the branch Peter was leaning on.

Turn this into a participial phrase.

Hint: Start with Vola, and turn looked into looking.

Open Ended

Vola describes herself as a grenade. What has caused her to describe herself this way? Write a cause and effect paragraph of 6-8 sentences. Use the image to help you use cause and effect vocabulary words to connect your ideas.