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Identifying Participles
Study the following sentences based on the play you have read in this lesson.
Pay attention to the underlined word in each sentence. Be able to say how it
functions in a sentence.
1. A large-meshed veil hangs over her face.
2. Suddenly, a waitress approaches, wearing a soiled, dirty uniform—
evidently just coming off her shift.
3. I come here to sit because only here, can I be near the great, common,
throbbing heart of humanity.
Note that the underlined words – meshed, soiled and throbbing describe the
nouns that came after them. They function as adjectives.
What is the base word of each adjective? Note that meshed and soiled are the
past participle forms of mesh and soil while throbbing is the present participle of
throb.
These underlined words belong to a special group of words called verbals. The
verbals in the sample sentences are called participles.
What is a participle? What is the position of a one-word participle?
The participle is a verbal used as an adjective.
A participle may make use of the past participle of the verb
or its present participle (-ing form). The one-word
participle comes before the noun it modifies
Underline the participle in each of the sentences that follow.
1. The crying baby had a wet diaper.
2. A shouting crowd greeted us.
3. The cracked vase cannot be repaired.
4. The burning log fell off the fire.
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5. Smiling, she hugged the panting dog.
6. We remind him of his forgotten promise.
7. The overloaded car gathered speed slowly.
April
8. The plumber drained
10,
the clogged sink in
2014
the kitchen.
9. He held out his bitten finger.
10.The captured rebel died after a few days.
Grade 9 English Learning Package