1. Participles and Participial Phrases
Learning Objective:
To use participles and participial phrases as an adjective in a sentence.

2. Participle
A form of a verb that can be used as an adjective. They answer the same questions that adjectives answer: What kind? Which one? How much? or How many?
Example: Juan has become a respected student.
Although you can use respected as a verb, the example above uses it to describe the noun student, making it a participle.

3. Participle continued:
There are two types of participles:
Present Participle
Present participles always end in -ing.
Examples: jumping frog, crying baby, sweating athlete
Past Participle
Past participles can end in –ed, -en, or –t, and may be formed in other ways.
Examples: completed test, chosen person, torn paper

4. Participial Phrases
A phrase that has a participle and modifiers that tell more about the participle. The whole phrase is used as an adjective. Participial phrases may come at the beginning, middle, or end of a sentence.
Example: Scared by the large dog, they stayed inside.

5. Identify participial phrases in the following sentences.
Listening carefully, I heard the pin drop.
The batter mixed with eggs makes better pancakes.
I didn’t see the bug hidden in the grass.
Did you hear the new song written by Alex?
Circled in red ink, the A on the paper was easy to see.
The glass of juice sitting on the table is mine.

6. Summary Questions What is a participle?
What are the two types of participles?
What is a participial phrase?