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Past Participles

Past Participles. You may click on the speaker icon to listen to an audio presentation of this power point in addition to viewing the slide presentation. Past Participles. Regular Past Participles end in –ed Wanted Needed Saved Carried

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Past Participles

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  1. Past Participles You may click on the speaker icon to listen to an audio presentation of this power point in addition to viewing the slide presentation

  2. Past Participles • Regular Past Participles end in –ed • Wanted Needed • Saved Carried • Irregular Past Participles have vowel and consonant changes. • Seen Taken • Written Left

  3. Past Participles • Like present participles, past participles can have direct objects, indirect objects, predicate nominatives, and prepositional phrases. • Who/What? + is + Participle = wordmodified

  4. Past Participle Phrase • The police examined the body burned beyond all recognition. • The speaker, known for her strong support of the environment, was loudly applauded. • The committee could not deal with the storm of protest raised by office workers.

  5. Past Participles • They lost sight of the man seen by the night watchman. • They took the dog struck by the car to the vet. • Bitten by the dog on the leg, the child limped into the house.

  6. Conclusion • There are two types of participles: Present Past • Present Participles always end in –ing. • Past Participles can end in –ed (if they’re regular). • Past Participles can also have a vowel change or a consonant change (if they’re irregular)---swum or known.

  7. Conclusion • Participles always function as adjectives. • Participles can be phrases that contain direct objects, indirect objects, predicate nominatives, and prepositional phrases • To learn what the participle phrase modifies, ask the following question: • Who/What? + is + participle/participle phrase= the word modified

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