Participle Clauses
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Throwing
the ball
broke
the window
Everyone
playing baseball
ran away
Everyone
ran away
dodging
the police
She
heard
the glass
breaking
Please click on the participle in the following sentence.
As an Adverb
Everyone ran away, dodging the police.
Everyone ran away, dodging the police.
As an adjective
Everyone playing baseball ran away.
Everyone playing baseball ran away.
As a noun
Throwing the ball broke the window. She heard the glass breaking.
Throwing the ball broke the window. She heard the glass breaking.
The following are examples of participle clauses fulfilling various functions in a sentence.
"-ing" verbal idea that functions as a noun, adjective, or adverb.
Participle clause:
Participle clauses are clauses based around a participle. A Participle is an "-ing" verbal idea. e.g. "running", "talking", etc.
A Participle clause may have a subject, objects and modifiers like a main sentence.
A Participle clause may function as a noun, an adjective, or an adverb.
A Participle clause may have a subject, objects and modifiers like a main sentence.
A Participle clause may function as a noun, an adjective, or an adverb.
Hint: Participle phrases can be located by looking for words ending in "-ing". However, not every "-ing" word is a participle!
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