Understanding Participial Adjectives

The video tutorial introduces participial adjectives, explaining their dual role as verbs and adjectives. It uses a scenario with Kya and Shirin to illustrate common mistakes in identifying participial adjectives. The tutorial covers the types of participial adjectives, present and past, and their differences. It concludes with examples and a revision of key points to reinforce understanding.

What will you be able to do after completing this lesson?

• Create poems with participial adjectives

• Write essays using participial adjectives

• Identify and define participial adjectives

• Translate participial adjectives into another language

Why was Kya upset in the scenario?

• She lost her homework

• She was marked incorrect for identifying a participial adjective as a verb

• She missed the school bus

• She forgot her lunch

What is a participle?

• A noun that describes a verb

• A verb that ends in -s or -es

• A verb that ends in -ing or -ed and can function as an adjective

• An adjective that ends in -ly

In the sentence 'We saw a girl carrying a bucket of water,' what role does 'carrying' play?

• It is a participial adjective

• It is a noun

• It is a verb

• It is an adverb

Which of the following is a participial adjective?

• Happily

• Quickly

• Running

• Beautiful

Which sentence contains a participial adjective?

• She quickly ran to the store.

• The running water was cold.

• The beautiful painting was admired by all.

• He happily accepted the award.

Which of the following words is a participial adjective?

• Quickly

• Happily

• Beautiful

• Running

What are the two types of participial adjectives?

• Active and passive participles

• Present and past participles

• Past and future participles

• Present and future participles

What do present participles represent?

• A hypothetical action

• A future action

• An ongoing action

• A completed action

Which of the following is an example of a present participle?

• Driven

• Baked

• Running

• Written