Participles and Their Functions

The video tutorial explains participles, which can function as both verbs and adjectives. It covers how participles are used in verb phrases, such as present and past participles, and how they can also act as standalone adjectives. Additionally, the tutorial discusses participial phrases, which are groups of words that include a participle and function as adjectives to modify nouns.

What are the two roles that participles can play in a sentence?

• Verbs and adjectives

• Adjectives and adverbs

• Nouns and adjectives

• Nouns and verbs

Which of the following is a characteristic of participles?

• They can be used as both verbs and adjectives

• They can only be used as nouns

• They can only be used as adjectives

• They can only be used as verbs

What is a participial phrase?

• A phrase that acts as a noun

• A phrase that acts as an adjective

• A phrase that acts as a verb

• A phrase that acts as an adverb

In the sentence 'I am wearing a hat', what is the role of 'wearing'?

• Adverb

• Verb

• Noun

• Adjective

In the sentence 'Time had worn holes in his shoes', what is the role of 'worn'?

• Adverb

• Verb

• Adjective

• Noun

In the sentence 'The worn eraser looked pathetic', what is the role of 'worn'?

• Verb

• Adjective

• Noun

• Adverb

What is the role of 'worn' in the sentence 'The worn eraser looked pathetic'?

• Noun

• Verb

• Adverb

• Adjective

What question does a participial phrase answer when it acts as an adjective?

• Why?

• How many?

• Which one?

• How often?

In the sentence 'The clothes worn in these parts are odd', what is the participial phrase?

• Worn in these parts

• The clothes

• In these parts

• Are odd

In the sentence 'The clothes worn in these parts are odd', what does the participial phrase modify?

• Parts

• Clothes

• Odd

• Worn