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VERBALS NOTES (DAY 1): PARTICIPLES
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What is a verbal? A verbal is a word that looks like a verb, but does not act like a verb. A verbal is a part of speech other than a verb (noun, adjective, adverb)
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Types of Verbals Participles Infinitives Gerunds
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Today’s Verbal: Participles Look like verbs in the past or present tense, but are actually adjectives. Adjectives modify nouns and pronouns, so participles modify nouns and pronouns.
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Participle Examples: The hunted deerThe peeking kid
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Types of Participles Past participles end in –ed or –en. Example: The forgotten boy cried until his parents came back. Forgotten describes boy. Present participles end in –ing. The running jaguar captured its prey. Running describes jaguar. PastPresent
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Participial phrases Participles may have multiple words attached to them to help modify a noun. Strolling slowly, the couple enjoyed their walk in the park. Hunted for its tusks, elephants are killed with most of their bodies left to rot by poachers.
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Summary Questions What is a verbal? What part of speech is a participle? What do participles modify? What do participial endings look like?
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