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Past Participle is the third principal part of a verb used with a helping
verb to make the perfect tenses in the active voice and all the tenses in
the passive voice
Example: The girl saw the broken glass.
(Broken is the past participle modifying glass)
Perfect Participle, active uses having with the past participle.
Having may be called the sign of the perfect active participle
Example: Having read the book, the boy came out of the room.
(Having read the book is the participial phrase modifying boy with
having read as the perfect active form)
Perfect Participle, passive uses having been with the past participle.
Having been may be called the sign of the perfect passive
participle
Example: Having been fed, the dog settled down to sleep.
(Having been fed is the perfect passive participle modifying dog.)
Correct Use of Participial Phrases
Since the participial phrase is used as an adjective, it should be
placed near the noun or pronoun it modifies.
Example: Having worked for the whole day, Gina felt very tired.
(Having worked for the whole day modifies Gina.)
The boy being taken to the hospital is our neighbor.
(Being taken to the hospital modifies the boy.)
Avoiding Dangling Participial Participles
A participial phrase is said to dangle when it is not connected to
the word it should modify. It modifies a word not clearly stated in the
sentence.
The following sentences have dangling participles.
Hurrying down the aisle, the books were dropped by the boy.
(Who was hurrying down the aisle?)
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Looking outside the house, a loud noise was heard.
(Who was looking outside the house?)
Two ways of correcting dangling participles:
1. In order to correct dangling participles, supply the doer or receiver of
the action implied and place the participle / participial phrase before
or next to it.
Hurrying down the aisle, the books were dropped by the boy.
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Hurrying down the aisle, the boy dropped the books.
Looking outside the house, a loud noise was heard.
Grade 9 English Learning Package