Participle Participial Phrases

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ParticipleParticipial Phrases
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Participial

• A participle is a verb used as an adjective.
• There are two kinds of participles.
• The past participle usually end in -ed.
• The present participle ends in -ing.

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Recognize the participle
Verb Simple Present Simple Past Past Participle Present Participle Infinitive
giggle giggle(s giggled giggled giggling to giggle
help help(s) helped helped helping to help
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Irregular Verbs
Verb Simple Present Simple Past Past Participle Present Participle Infinitive
Bring Bring(s) Brought Brought Bringing To bring
Swim Swim(s) Swam Swum Swimming To swim
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Participles in sentences

• The crying baby drew a long breath and sucked in
  a spider crouching in the corner of the crib.

What does the present participle crying modify?
What does the present participle crouching modify?
baby
spider
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Participial Phrases

• A participial phrase is the participle plus any
  complements and modifiers of the participle and
  complements.
• A participial phrase may include other types of
  phrases.

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Examples of Participial Phrases

• Swinging from the trees, the monkey chattered at
  me.

The participial phrase is swinging from the
trees.
If the participial phrase is an adjective it must
modify a noun.
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More Examples

• 1.The woman wearing the red dress lives in the
  neighborhood.
• 2. The moon robot, activated by a remote switch,
  started moving slowly.
• 3.I saw the monkey swinging from the trees.
• 4. Tony followed the crowd, fearing being left
  behind.

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Practice
Try writing a sentence about this cartoon that
begins with a present participial phrase.
Try writing a sentence about this cartoon with a
participial phrase in the middle or end of the
sentence.