1. Painting With Participles and Glittering With Gerunds
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from Image Grammar

2. To Paint With a Participle
Add an “ing” or “ed” to a verb in the sentence.
The verb will no longer act as a “verb” but will take on the job of a “participle.”
A participle’s task is to act like an adjective.
You may have to add another verb to your sentence.
You will probably have to rearrange and connect some words or phrases.

3. Let’s See How That Looks
Sample sentence: “The person was looking for us. He was a small fellow with spectacles. His face was wizened.”
Painted with Participles: “The person looking for us was a small fellow with spectacles in a wizened face.”
Which words are the participles?
What did you notice about the sentence after it was “painted?”

4. Beginning Sentences With Participles
A beginning “ed” participle: ALL THE SKILLED WORKERS had already been sent to other camps.
A beginning “ing” participial phrase:Sitting on the ground, we counted bolts, bulbs, and various small electrical.

5. Ending Sentences With Participles
Ending with an “ed” participle: In no time, the camp had the look of an abandoned ship.
Ending with an “ing” participial phrase: They allowed themselves to be kissed and tickled, bursting with laughter.

6. Time to Practice
Revise the following sentences to include a participle. Remember to look at the verbs. Then add an “ing” or “ed.” Rearrange and combine words and sentences. Then enjoy your painting!
He narrowed his beady eyes. He read the title of one of his books.
“Narrowing his beady eyes, he read the title of one of the books.” —Lemony Snicket, The Bad Beginning

7. To Glitter with a Gerund
Add an “ing” to a verb in the sentence.
The verb will no longer act as a “verb” but will take on the job of a “gerund.”
A gerund’s task is to act like an noun.
It should act as a subject, predicate nominative, direct object or object of a preposition.
You will probably have to rearrange, delete/or add, and connect some words or phrases.

8. Let’s See How That Looks
Revise the following sentences to include a gerund. Remember to look at the verbs. Then add an “ing.” Rearrange, add/delete, and combine words and sentences. Then enjoy your painting!
He pushed the hand handcart up to the man’s house. It was tiring.
“Pushing the handcart up to the man’s house was tiring.” —John Hershey, Hiroshima

9. Let’s Practice
Revise the following sentence to include a gerund. Remember to look at the verbs. Then add an “ing.” Rearrange, add/delete, combine words and sentences. Then enjoy your glittering!
Love does not consist. They gazed at each other. But they looked outward together in the same direction.
“Love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking outward together in the same direction.”—Antoine de Saint-Exupery, The Little Prince

10. How Might That Work Using a Participle or a Gerund?
Original: The radio that Werner fixed seemed like a miracle.
Werner’s fixed radio seemed like a miracle.
What did the previous sentence use?
Fixing the radio seemed like a miracle.

11. Some Practice With Both!
Revise the following sentence to include a gerund first. The revise again to include a participle. Remember to look at the verbs. Then add an “ing.” Rearrange, add/delete, combine words and sentences. Then enjoy your glittering!
Marie-Laure’s father gave a wooden box puzzle for her birthday.

12. It’s Time To Be On Your Own!
Read the practice directions carefully.
Do your best job!!!
Turn in on time.

13. It’s Time To Be On Your Own!
Read the practice directions carefully.
Do your best job!!!
Turn in on time.