Participle Clauses: -ing Verbal Ideas
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. Each word in the clause has its normal function, but the entire clause serves a function as a whole in the main sentence.

A participle clause may function as a noun, an adjective, or an adverb.

Participle Clauses
-ing verbal idea that functions as a noun, adjective, or adverb.

the following are examples of participle clauses fulfilling various functions in a sentence.
As a Noun:
Throwing the ball broke the window.
She heard the glass breaking.
Hint: Participle clauses can be located by looking for words ending in -ing. However, not every -ing word is a participle!
As an Adjective:
Everyone playing baseball ran away.
As an Adverb:
Everyone ran away, dodging the police.
Find the Participles in the following sentences.

First, click on the Participle.
Good job, now choose how the participle functions in this sentence.
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Great Job! You have found the participles in all the sentences.

There are different kinds of working, but the same God works all of them. - 1 Cor. 12:6
When the living creatures moved, the wheels beside them moved. - Ezek. 1:19
Claiming to be wise, they became fools. - Rom. 1:22
This will happen when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven in blazing fire with his powerful angels. 2 Thes. 1:7
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