A Strategic Intervention
Material in English III-A
WHAT
ARE THE
OTHER TERM FOR
PARTICIPLES ?
ANS. VERBAL
ADJECTIVES
A. THE TRAIN WAS
CHUGGING DOWN THE
(VERB)
TRACK.
B. THE CHUGGING
TRAIN PULLED DOWN
(PARTICIPLE)
THE TRACK.
A. CONFUSED, SHE
COULD NOT(PARTICIPLE)
FOLLOW
DIRECTION.
B. THE DIRECTION
(VERB)
CONFUSED HER.
1. A WHINING
SOUND CAME
FROM THE
ENGINE OF THE
SMILING,
THE OFFICIAL
SHOOK MY
HAND.
2.
3. THE CRACKED
ICE LOOKED
LIKE SLIVER
OF GLASS.
4. DISGUSTED,
LEN WALKED
AWAY WITHOUT
SAYING
5. THE
FROZEN PIPE
NEEDS TO BE
REPAIRED.
6. THE BOY
WEARING THE
BLUE SWEATER
IS MY BROTHER.
7. THE LIFEGUARD, USING
HER MEGAPHONE, TOLD US
NOT TO PANIC.
8.MS. EDILLO
SERVED A PIE
STEAMING FROM
THE OVEN.
9.HE ORDERED
A SUNDAE
DRIPPING WITH
HOTFUDGE.
10.
THEY
BOARDED THE
SUBWAY
PACKED WITH
PEOPLE.
WHAT
KIND?
WHICH ONE?
ONE OF THE VERBALS
A WORD DERIVED
FROM A VERB
FORM OF VERB: USED TO
FORM COMPLEX TENSES,
AS "LOVING" AND "LOVED" IN
ENGLISH, AND MAY ALSO BE
USED AS AN ADJECTIVE
[14TH CENTURY. < OLD FRENCH <
PARTICIPE < LATIN PARTICIPIUM <
PARTICEPS "SHARING" (SEE
PARTICIPATE) ; [ BECAUSE IT
SHARES QUALITIES OF BOTH
ADJECTIVES AND VERBS. ]
PRESENT
PARTICIPLE
PAST PARTICIPLE
PERFECT
PARTICIPLE
ENDS
CAN
WITH – ‘ING’
BE USED WITH
THE AUXILLIARY
VERB TO FORM THE
CONTINUOUS TENSE.
“I
AM LEARNING
ENGLISH.”
LEARNING IS PART
OF THE CONTINUOUS
VERB PHRASE “AM
LEARNING”
ENDS
WITH – D
OR – ED FOR
REGULAR
VERBS
TAKES
A NEW
FORM FOR
IRREGULAR VERBS
INDICATES PAST
OR COMPLETED
ACTION OR TIME
INDICATES
COMPLETED
ACTION

PRESENT
PARTICIPLE + PAST
PARTICIPLE
EXAMPLES:
HAVING DONE
HAVING FINISHED

THE
CHEERING
SQUAD
THE BROKEN
VASE
A
PARTICIPLE HAS
THE PROPERTIES OF A
VERB, AN ADJECTIVE
AND AN ADVERB OR AN
ADVERBIAL PHRASE.
HAS A VOICE
AND TENSE BUT
NOT PERSON AND
NUMBER; IT
MODIFIES A NOUN
OR PRONOUN.
IT
IN
A NEWS
ARTICLE , THE
PARTICIPLE IS
FREQUENTLY USED
AT THE BEGINNING
OF A SENTENCE.
“
BAGGING THE
GOLD MEDAL ,
VALSCI MATH
WIZARDS PUT A
HALT TO THE MATH
OLYMPIAD.”
EX1. WORKING
QUICKLY, MEYER
COMPLETED THE
ASSIGNED
TASK.
EX.2 AFTER
FINISHING THEIR
PROJECT,DALTON
WENT TO THEIR
ADVISER.
THE
DISAPPOINTED
EX.3
RUTHERFORD TEAM
VOWED TO PRACTICE HARDER.
EX.4 A FALLING
STAR STREAKED
ADROSS THE
CLEAR SKY.
EX.5 THE TORN
TENT WAS NO
PROTECTION
AGAINST THE
WIND.
1.THE TRAIN IS
ARRIVING ON
TRACK 7.
VERB
THE
ARRIVING
TRAIN IS ON
TRACK 7.
PARTICIPLE
2.THE THEATRICAL
COMPANY HAS
BEEN TOURING
MAJOR CITIES.
VERB
THE
TOURING
THEATRICAL
COMPANY HAS
BEEN TO MAJOR
•PARTICIPLE
CITIES.
IS
A PARTICIPLE
MODIFIED BY AN
ADVERB OR ADVERB
PHRASE OR
ACCOMPANIED BY A
COMPLEMENT.
THE
ENTIRE
PHRASE
ACTS AS AN
ADJECTIVE.
EX1.MUNCHING
GRASS, THE
COW LOOKED
AT EASE.
EX2. THE COW,
MUNCHING
GRASS,LOOKED
AT EASE.
A
PARTICIPIAL
PHRASE CAN USUALLY
BE PLACED EITHER
BEFORE OR AFTER THE
WORD IT MODIFIES.
WHEN
A PARTICIPIAL
PHRASE DISTINGUISHES
ONE PERSON, PLACE OR
THING FROM OTHERS, IT
IS NOT SET OFF BY
COMMAS.
EX1. THE GIRL
WEARING RED
BLOOMERS IS
MY SISTER.
NOTE:
WEARING
THE RED
BLOOMERS IS
ESSENTIAL TO THE
MEANING OF THE
SENTENCE.
WE
PICKED UP THE UP
THE DILAPIDATED
CHAIR.
WE COULD SEE IT HAD
A BROKEN LEG.
ANS.PICKING UP
THE DILAPIDATED
CHAIR, WE COULD
SEE IT HAD A
BROKEN LEG.
THE
PALMS SWAY
IN THE WIND.
THEY ARE LIKE
DANCERS.
ANS. SWAYING
IN THE WIND,
THE PALMS ARE
LIKE DANCERS.
THE
TOLLBOOTH
WOULD NOT
ACCEPT COIN
IT BUZZED.
ANS.
THE
BUZZING
TOLLBOOTH
WOULD NOT
ACCEPT THE COIN.
IDENTIFY
THE
WORD BEING
MODIFIED BY THE
FF. PARTICIPLES.
1.
THE
HOWLING
CAYOTES WOKE
THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
FRANCIS
JERICHO
BROUGHT THE
INJURED HALK TO
A VETERINARIAN.
2.
3. ADRIENNE
LOIS GAVE HER
MOTHER A
CRUMBLING
4. STUMBLING,
LAWRENCE
DROPPED HIS
BOOKS IN THE
HALL.
5. RUSSEL
TURNED OFF
THE BLARING
RADIO.
VERB
OR
PATICIPLE?
6. THE
CAT
FRIGHTENED
THE BIRD.
THE
FRIGHTENED
6.1
BIRD ESCAPED
THE CAT.
7. KIERVIN
INTERVIEWED
(PARTICIPLE)
THE ARRIVING
DELEGATION.
9. USUALLY, BY
THIS TIME OF
YEAR,THE POND
HAS FROZEN.
•VERB
9.1USUALLY, BY
THIS
TIME
OF
(PARTICIPLE)
YEAR, THE
FROZEN POND
IS DESERTED.
10. SOMEONE
HAS STOLEN A
VALUABLE(VERB)
PAINTING FROM
THE MUSEUM.
10.1THE STOLEN
PAINTING FROM
THE
MUSEUM
IS
(PARTICIPLE)
A VALUABLE
PICASSO PIECE.
11. SWIMMING
LEISURELY, WE
DIDN’T NOTICE
THE
SHARK
(PARTICIPLE)
APPROACH.
12. FRIGHTENED
BY ITS SUDDEN
APPEARNCE, I
YELLED,
( PARTICIPLE)
“SHARK!”
13.( PARTICIPLE)
IN THE
SUMMER THE
SUN,BEATING ON
THE ROADS,
MELTS THE TAR.
14. JASMIN WAS
THINKING QUICKLY
WHEN SHE TOOK
HER FOOT OFF THE
ACCELERATOR.
( VERB)
14.1 THINKING
QUICKLY, JASMIN
TOOK
HER
FOOT
( PARTICIPLE)
OFF THE
ACCELERATOR.
15. LISTENING
ATTENTIVELY,
THE JUNIORS
MADE
A
LIVELY
( PARTICIPLE)
DISCUSSION.
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