Group 2 GVD Class Reading to Write Participles Mark Holloway

An academy that encourages young entrepreneurs to run their own business at the age of 16 has been swamped by applications. There have been more than five candidates for every one of the 28 places at the new National Enterprise Academy, a business school set up by Peter Jones, the multi-millionaire. Jones, a judge on Dragons' Den, the BBC2 series, has been piloting the college with 28 students, two of whom have already founded their own companies. The closing date for applications for the college's first full year is today. Jones has ploughed £4m of his personal fortune into the project, raised another £26m and aims to change the face of business education. "I think we all underestimated just how thirsty young people are for this kind of project. They are incredibly ambitious and passionate about their work, so we have had to constantly set them bigger and bigger challenges to maintain their interest," he told the Observer. While two students are already managing directors, another two are about to reveal their business plans. Jones wants to offer a second chance to teenagers who left school with few qualifications and are unsuited to an academic education alongside others who might choose the academy instead of A-levels.

PARAGRAPH ONE An academy that encourages young entrepreneurs to run their own business at the age of 16 has been swamped by applications. There have been more than five candidates for every one of the 28 places at the new National Enterprise Academy, a business school set up by Peter Jones, the multi-millionaire. PARAGRAPH ONE SIMPLIFIED An academy has been swamped by applications. There have been more than five candidates for every place. EXTRA DETAIL Which academy? What is it for? How many places are available at the academy? Who set up the academy? What else do you know about this person?

PARAGRAPH TWO Jones, a judge on Dragons' Den, the BBC2 series, has been piloting the college with 28 students, two of whom have already founded their own companies. The closing date for applications for the college's first full year is today. PARAGRAPH TWO SIMPLIFIED Jones has been piloting the college. The closing date for applications is today. EXTRA DETAIL What more do we know about Jones? How many student attend the college? What have they done so far? How old is the college?

ComplexBroken-down An academy that encourages young entrepreneurs to run their own business at the age of 16 has been swamped by applications.entrepreneurs An academy has been swamped by applications. The academy encourages young entrepreneurs to run their own business at the age of 16. entrepreneurs Jones, a judge on Dragons' Den, the BBC2 series, has been piloting the college with 28 students, two of whom have already founded their own companies. Jones is a judge on Dragons' Den. Dragon ’ s Den is a BBC2 series. Jones has been piloting the college with 28 students. Two of the 28 students have already founded their own companies.

ComplexBroken-down Jones wants to offer a second chance to teenagers who left school with few qualifications and are unsuited to an academic education alongside others who might choose the academy instead of A-levels. Jones plans to bring his tycoon teaching to thousands of other young people through a qualification he has jointly devised with Edexcel, the exam group, which will eventually be taught at satellite branches at further education colleges around the country.further education Ross Bailey is 17. Ross Bailey is one of the students in the pilot. Ross Bailey agrees. His company is doing so well he has not applied for the first year in September, Ross Bailey ’ s company is called Diamond Events. Ross Bailey says he wants to grow his business.

ComplexBroken-down Jones wants to offer a second chance to teenagers who left school with few qualifications and are unsuited to an academic education alongside others who might choose the academy instead of A-levels. Some teenagers left school with few qualifications. Some teenagers are unsuited to an academic education Jones wants to offer a second chance to these teenagers. Jones wants to offer a places to other teenagers who might choose the academy instead of A-levels. Jones plans to bring his tycoon teaching to thousands of other young people through a qualification he has jointly devised with Edexcel, the exam group, which will eventually be taught at satellite branches at further education colleges around the country.further education Ross Bailey is 17. Ross Bailey is one of the students in the pilot. Ross Bailey agrees. His company is doing so well he has not applied for the first year in September, Ross Bailey ’ s company is called Diamond Events. Ross Bailey says he wants to grow his business.

ComplexBroken-down Jones wants to offer a second chance to teenagers who left school with few qualifications and are unsuited to an academic education alongside others who might choose the academy instead of A-levels. Some teenagers left school with few qualifications. Some teenagers are unsuited to an academic education Jones wants to offer a second chance to these teenagers. Jones wants to offer a places to other teenagers who might choose the academy instead of A-levels. Jones plans to bring his tycoon teaching to thousands of other young people through a qualification he has jointly devised with Edexcel, the exam group, which will eventually be taught at satellite branches at further education colleges around the country.further education Jones plans to bring his tycoon teaching to thousands of other young people. Jones plans to do so through a qualification. Jones has jointly devised this qualification with Edexcel. Edexcel is an exam group, The qualification will eventually be taught at satellite branches at further education colleges around the country.further education Ross Bailey is 17. Ross Bailey is one of the students in the pilot. Ross Bailey agrees. His company is doing so well he has not applied for the first year in September, Ross Bailey ’ s company is called Diamond Events. Ross Bailey says he wants to grow his business.

ComplexBroken-down Jones wants to offer a second chance to teenagers who left school with few qualifications and are unsuited to an academic education alongside others who might choose the academy instead of A-levels. Some teenagers left school with few qualifications. Some teenagers are unsuited to an academic education Jones wants to offer a second chance to these teenagers. Jones wants to offer a places to other teenagers who might choose the academy instead of A-levels. Jones plans to bring his tycoon teaching to thousands of other young people through a qualification he has jointly devised with Edexcel, the exam group, which will eventually be taught at satellite branches at further education colleges around the country.further education Jones plans to bring his tycoon teaching to thousands of other young people. Jones plans to do so through a qualification. Jones has jointly devised this qualification with Edexcel. Edexcel is an exam group, The qualification will eventually be taught at satellite branches at further education colleges around the country.further education Ross Bailey, 17, one of the students in the pilot, agrees. His company, Rock Diamond Events, is doing so well he has not applied for the first year in September, saying he wants to grow his business. Ross Bailey is 17. Ross Bailey is one of the students in the pilot. Ross Bailey agrees. His company is doing so well he has not applied for the first year in September, Ross Bailey ’ s company is called Diamond Events. Ross Bailey says he wants to grow his business.

What do you notice about the words underlined and in bold? An academy that encourages young entrepreneurs to run their own business at the age of 16 has been swamped by applications. There have been more than five candidates for every one of the 28 places at the new National Enterprise Academy, a business school set up by Peter Jones, the multi-millionaire. Jones, a judge on Dragons' Den, the BBC2 series, has been piloting the college with 28 students, two of whom have already founded their own companies. The closing date for applications for the college's first full year is today. Jones has ploughed £4m of his personal fortune into the project, raised another £26m and aims to change the face of business education. "I think we all underestimated just how thirsty young people are for this kind of project. They are incredibly ambitious and passionate about their work, so we have had to constantly set them bigger and bigger challenges to maintain their interest," he told the Observer. While two students are already managing directors, another two are about to reveal their business plans. Jones wants to offer a second chance to teenagers who left school with few qualifications and are unsuited to an academic education alongside others who might choose the academy instead of A-levels.

PARTICIPLES - VERBS Present Participles -I’ve been LISTENING, You’re LYING, We’ll be WAITING Past Participles - I was ARRESTED, You’re sure to be PROMOTED, They had already LEFT

PARTICIPLES - ADJECTIVES Can you find a participle in each of these sentences? a)You need a warm, inviting place to do business. b)But when the first working day of the new year started off… c)Everyone comes with their own built-in burglar alarm. d)Bespectacled widow, Peggy Barlow, tried her raid… e)She was able to sort out the problems about the stolen cheque book.

PARTICIPLES - ADJECTIVES Can you find a participle in each of these sentences? a)You need a warm, inviting place to do business. b)But when the first working day of the new year started off… c)Everyone comes with their own built-in burglar alarm. d)Bespectacled widow, Peggy Barlow, tried her raid… e)She was able to sort out the problems about the stolen cheque book.

Change the verb to a participle adjective in each sentence: It’s been an awfully TIRE day. I must sit down for a moment. I prefer proper GRIND coffee to the instant sort.

Change the verb to a participle adjective in each sentence: It’s been an awfully TIRE day. I must sit down for a moment. I prefer proper GRIND coffee to the instant sort. How did you choose between PRESENT and PAST PARTICIPLE forms for your adjectives? The basic difference between PRESENT and PAST PARTICIPLES as adjectives is that the former are ACTIVE and the latter are PASSIVE. For example: a) The day TIRES me. The day is the AGENT of the verb TIRE, so the meaning is ACTIVE – It’s a TIRING DAY. b) Someone GRINDS the coffee (or the coffee is ground). Coffee receives the verb “grind”, it is not the agent. The meaning is therefore passive – it’s GROUND COFFEE

Now complete EXERCISE 2 on page 68 of Focus on FCE

KEY a)It’s been an awfully tiring day… b)I prefer proper ground coffee… c)This perfume is supposed to be very long-lasting. d)Your jacket is rather worn on the elbows. e)I thought he was quite well-known. f)Don’t tell the children a frightening story. g)Do you need a helping hand? h)She says she’s got a broken heart. i)The streets are very brightly-lit. j)I stopped speaking at once when I saw the warning look he gave me.

PARTICIPLE CLAUSES What’s the basic difference between the following pairs of sentences: Ahmed really enjoyed the movie about a man eating a dog. Ahmed was terrified by the movie about a man eaten by a dog. The people studied by sociologists all come from Colchester. The people studying sociology all come from Colchester.

PARTICIPLE CLAUSES What’s the basic difference in the purpose of the participle clause in each of the sentences: Being English, Mark is experienced in having boring conversations about the weather. Being Italian, my friend Fabio likes to eat pasta. Being Saudi, Majed speaks Arabic and goes to bed early. Being afraid of dogs, Ahmed keeps away from blind people. Bandar met a strange woman born in England. Su caught the bus to university, singing along to the tunes on her MP3 player. Believed to be a genius by his classmates, Majed stayed in bed all day and missed his important lessons. Having lived in England for one year, Eman is never surprised by what she sees in this country. (past) Living in England, Abdullah has to carry an umbrella around with him everywhere. (present) Not being intelligent like his students, Mark got a score of 50 in his IQ test. Not having visited London before, Ran didn’t know what the sign “mind the gap” meant.

PARTICIPLE CLAUSES What’s the basic difference in the purpose of the participle clause in each of the sentences: Being English, Mark is experienced in having boring conversations about the weather. Bandar met a strange woman born in England. Su caught the bus to university, singing along to the tunes on her MP3 player. Believed to be a genius by his classmates, Majed stayed in bed all day and missed classes. Having lived in England for one year, Eman is never surprised by what she sees in this country. Living in England, Abdullah has to carry an umbrella around with him everywhere. Not being intelligent like his students, Mark got a score of 50 in his IQ test. Not having visited London before, Ran didn’t know what the sign “mind the gap” meant.

Now complete EXERCISES 3 and 4 on page 69 of Focus on FCE For further practice, Mark will give you an article about Tony Blair receiving a $1million prize. The article has lots of examples of participles in use. Underline every participle you find and make a note of what its purpose is (verb, adjective, participle clause to describe a noun, participle clause to describe a verb).