Participles

Participial phrases Having told ----- telling Active Sequence of actions Give reasons Give reasons/ contrasts Relationship between clauses Having been told Told Being told Passive Perfect Participle Past Participle Present Participle

(1) To join reason clauses ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

(2) To express the same idea using a present participle phrase to denote an active action ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

(4) To replace contrast clauses ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

How about the following sentences? Can you combine it using a participle phrase? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

How about this one? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

You can only use a participle phrase when: ,[object Object],[object Object]

Exercise 1: Combine or rewrite the following sentences using a participle phrase. ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Exercise 2: Rewrite the sentences to make them logical. Pay attention to the participle phrase. You may need to add a subject yourself. ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Past Participle Phrase ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Exercise 3: Rewrite the following using a past participle phrase. ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Perfect Participle Phrase ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Perfect participle phrase can be used with other tenses if the clause expresses a reason or a contrast, etc. ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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