Understanding Participial Phrases

In this video, Kerry introduces participial phrases, explaining their structure and function. Several examples are provided to illustrate how participial phrases modify nouns and how adverbs and adverbial phrases modify participles. The video also covers the importance of placing participial phrases close to the nouns they modify to avoid confusion. The session concludes with practice exercises and a call to action for further learning.

What is a participial phrase?

• A group of words with a participle and its modifiers.

• A single word that modifies a noun.

• A phrase that contains a verb and its subject.

• A sentence with a subject and a predicate.

In the sentence 'Climbing the tree, the monkey disappeared into the branches,' what does the participial phrase modify?

• The action of disappearing

• The branches

• The monkey

• The tree

Which word in the phrase 'Speaking eloquently' modifies the participle?

• Audience

• Mr. Bond

• Eloquently

• Speaking

In the example 'Jason Jones, sometimes known as Jay Jo,' what does the participial phrase modify?

• Jason Jones

• The phrase 'sometimes known'

• The record

• The hurdle

What is the role of 'sometimes' in the phrase 'sometimes known as Jay Jo'?

• It is a conjunction.

• It is an adverb.

• It is a verb.

• It is a noun.

In the sentence 'We watched the storm blowing westward,' what does the participial phrase modify?

• The storm

• The direction

• The action of watching

• The word 'westward'

What is the function of 'westward' in the phrase 'blowing westward'?

• It is a verb.

• It is a noun.

• It is an adverb.

• It is an adjective.

In the sentence 'Voted back into office, the mayor thanked his supporters,' what does the participial phrase modify?

• The supporters

• The mayor

• The office

• The action of thanking

What is the role of 'back' in the phrase 'voted back into office'?

• It is a conjunction.

• It is an adverb.

• It is a verb.

• It is a noun.

In the sentence 'The service scheduled for tomorrow at the church has been postponed,' what does the participial phrase modify?

• The church

• The postponement

• The service

• The phrase 'for tomorrow'