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Participles

Participles. Definition. A participle is a verb that acts as an adjective. It describes a noun or pronoun. The exhausted campers slept well. Exhausted is a verb that is describing the campers. DANGER!.

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Participles

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  1. Participles

  2. Definition • A participle is a verb that acts as an adjective. It describes a noun or pronoun. • The exhausted campers slept well. • Exhausted is a verb that is describing the campers.

  3. DANGER! • A participle can be the past tense of a verb, or the present tense. Creaking or creaked. • Don’t get confused between a Gerund which ALWAYS ends in “ing,” and a Participle, which CAN end in “ing.”

  4. How do I find it? • Use these simple steps! • Find all of the verbs in the sentence. • Ask yourself, “do any of the verbs describe a noun or a pronoun?”

  5. Identify the Participial • Creaking eerily, the door swung open to reveal the beautiful gift.

  6. Identify the Participial • Creaking eerily, the door swung open to reveal the beautiful gift. • Creaking is a verb, and it describes the door!

  7. Identify the Participle • The deserted building was old and decrepit.

  8. Identify the Participle • The deserted building was old and decrepit. • Deserted is a verb and it is describing the building.

  9. Identify the participle • Fallen bricks blocked the entry.

  10. Identify the participle • Fallen bricks blocked the entry. • Fallen is a verb and it is describing the bricks.

  11. Identify the Participle and what it describes! • What’s that scampering sound? • Handsome Brom Bones, annoyed by Ichabod’s flirtations, turns against him. • Did Brom, disguised as the ghost, scare Ichabod away? • The horseman hurtles something resembling a head at Ichabod.

  12. Identify the Participle and what it describes! • What’s that scamperingsound? • Handsome Brom Bones, annoyed by Ichabod’s flirtations, turns against him. • Did Brom, disguised as the ghost, scare Ichabod away? • The horseman hurtles somethingresembling a head at Ichabod.

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