Gerund and Participial Phrases

What is a verbal?

• Words in sentence formed using verbs but do not function as verbs.
• Word in sentence formed using verbs that function as a verb.
• An action word used to describe something
• is added to the beginning or end of a sentence.

How does a participial phrase function in a sentence? 

• It shows a relationship between one noun and another.
• It acts as an adjective and describes the noun next to it.
• It renames or identifies the noun in front of it. 
• It is the action in the sentence.

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CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

A participle can end in...

• -ing or -ed
• -tion or -y
• -ly

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CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

A participle is when a ______ acts as an adjective.

• noun
• adverb
• phrase
• verb

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CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

How can you identify a participle?

• A verb ending in -ing or -ed
• Ends in -ly
• Ends with -s or -es
• Ends with -ous

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CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

Identify the participle in the following sentence.
The prison guards looked all around, but the escaped prisoner could not be located.

• looked
• escaped
• located
• no participle present

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CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

Identify the participial phrase.

Placing her money on the counter, the little girl smiled at the clerk.

• Placing her money
• Placing her money on the counter
• smiled at the clerk

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CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

Identify the participle in the following sentence.
Getting ready for bed, Samantha brushed her teeth and combed her hair.

• getting
• brushed
• combed
• no participle present

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CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

Choose the sentence that contains a participial phrase.

• Waiting for the bus in the rain, I got drenched.
• I was waiting for the bus in the rain.
• Waiting for the bus in the rain wasn't fun.

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CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.8.1A

What is the definition of a gerund phrase? 

•  A phrase that starts with a verb and adding -ing.
• A verbal phrase that ends in -int -en -ed -t.
• A form of a verb adding any compliments and modifiers. 
• A verb that has a adjective pronoun coming after it. 

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CCSS.L.8.1A