PAST PARTICIPIAL PHRASES

Past Participial Phrases

First, let's review present participial phrases!

Multiple Choice

A present participial phrase begins with an -ing word.

• true

• false

Multiple Choice

A present participial phrase functions as a/an __________ in the sentence.

EX: Michael, wishing to graduate early, took summer classes.

• noun

• verb

• adjective

Multiple Choice

Identify the present participial phrase in the following sentence:

Walking to the front of the classroom, Mya knew her speech would be great.

• Mya knew

• Walking to the front of the classroom

• her speech would be great

Open Ended

Combine the following sentences by creating a present participle phrase.

The runner was breathing heavily. He entered the final lap of the race.

Past Participle

A past participle is a PAST TENSE verb that is used as an adjective.

• The past participles of regular verbs are usually formed by adding the suffix “-ed” (e.g., “learn” becomes “learned”).

• The past participles of irregular verbs have numerous endings like “-en,” “-n,” “-ne,” and “-t” (e.g., “bore" becomes "born").

Examples:

The children played with the excited dog.

The injured cyclist was helped by a passerby.
Born in 1965, the woman could not keep up with the new technology.

Past participial phrases

A past participial phrase is a group of words that describes a person, place, thing, or idea in the sentence.

A past participial phrase begins with a past tense verb, one that ends in –ed, -t,-en,-n, or -d and ends with a noun/pronoun.

EX: Excited about dinner, Jane ran the whole way home.

EX: The dog, frightened by the loud fireworks, hid under the couch.

Multiple Choice

Identify the past participial phrase in the sentence.

Exhausted after twenty hours of work, he collapsed as soon as he got home.

• Exhausted after twenty hours of work

• as soon as he got home

• he collapsed

Multiple Choice

Identify the past participial phrase in the sentence.

Jeremy, confused by the homework assignment, emailed his professor immediately.

• Jeremy

• confused by the homework assignment

• immediately

Multiple Choice

Identify the past participial phrase:

The engineering project, completed by the team, was quite impressive.

• engineering project

• completed by the team

• was quite impressive

Multiple Choice

Identify the past participial phrase in the following sentence: Written by a famous author, the book became an instant bestseller.

• the book

• written by a famous author

• became an instant bestseller

Open Ended

Combine the following sentences by changing one into a past participle phrase.

Max was born in Hollywood. He knows all the famous movie stars.

Open Ended

Combine the two sentences by changing one into a past participle phrase.

Jonas was filled with apprehension. He wondered about his training as Receiver of Memory.

Open Ended

Write a sentence that has a past participial phrase. (Hint: You can chooseone of thesewords: worried, excited, disappointed, tired, embarrassed)