Harcourt Journeys: Grammar Skills 1

Unit 3: Lesson 14 2

This week’s skills: Part 1: Present Participle Part 2: Past Participle Part 3: Participial Phrases Part 4: Writing Correct Sentences Part 5: Sentence Fluency

Present Participle Part 1: PowerPoint Lesson Part 2: Projectable 14.6 Part 3: Practice Book Page 163 Part 4: Adapted Worksheets

Part 1: Present Participles 5

Today, we are going to study present participles.

Present participles are formed by adding -ing to the verb. Examples: walk + ing = walking move + ing = moving

Sometimes the participle of a verb can be used as an adjective. Examples: The crawling ants look very busy. Their scurrying bodies are all over the grass.

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Projectable 14.6

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Past Participles Part 1: PowerPoint Lesson Part 2: Projectable 14.7 Part 3: Practice Book Page 164 Part 4: Adapted Worksheets

Part 2: Past Participles 18

Today, we are going to study past participles.

Past participles are formed by adding -ed to the verb. Examples: walk + ed = walked move + ed = moved * Remember if a verb ends in e, drop the e before adding ed.

Sometimes the participle of a verb can be used as an adjective. Examples: Workers moved stored eggs each day. The ants must move to an expanded nest.

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Projectable 14.7

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Participial Phrases Part 1: PowerPoint Lesson Part 2: Projectable 14.8 Part 3: Practice Book Page 165 Part 4: Adapted Worksheet

Part 3: Participial Phrases 31

Today, we are going to study participial phrases.

A participial phrase begins with a participle and describes a noun. Example: The children playing with the puppy leaped for joy.

See if you can find the participial phrase: Example: Maria returned to find her picnic lunch covered with ants.

Example: Find the participial phrase: Carrying their food, the ants made their way to the nest.

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Projectable 14.8

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Writing Correct Sentences: Part 1: PowerPoint Lesson Part 2: Practice Book Page 166 Part 3: Adapted Worksheets

Part 4: Writing Correct Sentences 45

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PRACTICE! Copyright © 2011 Kelly Mott 47

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Sentence Fluency: Part 1: Practice Book Page 167

Part 5: Sentence Fluency 53

Turn your Practice Book to page 167.

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