1. Combining Sentences using Participial Phrases

2. What is a Participial Phrase? A Participle is a word formed from a verb that can be an adjective. They will end in –ing or –ed. A Participial Phrase contains a participle and any words that modify or compliment that participle. For sentence combining we will be using – ing participles.

3. How to combine sentences using Participial Phrases Reduce one sentence to a participial phrase. Ex: “Juanita Platero describes the conflict between old and new ideas. She does this as she writes about Navajo culture.” becomes... “Writing about Navajo culture, Juanita Platero describes the conflict between old and new ideas.”

4. How to combine sentences using Participial Phrases When you insert a participial phrase into a sentence, place it close to the noun or pronoun it modifies for clarity. Ex: “Writing about Navajo culture, Juanita Platero describes the conflict between old and new ideas” is much more clear than... “Juanita Platero describes the conflict between old and new ideas, writing about Navajo Culture.”

5. How to combine sentences using Participial Phrases Are the sentences closely related? Reduce one of the sentences to a participial phrase (a word ending in –ing). Place the participial phrase near the noun or pronoun it modifies.