Participle Phrases Worksheet .docx



Participle PhrasesLearning Goal: Identify and Define effective syntax techniques Apply effective syntax techniques in complex writing tasksPart 1: MatchingMatch the participle phrases with the sentences. Write out each sentence, inserting and underlining the participle phrases. Sentences:Participle Phrases:1. Many birds and crocodiles swallowed small stones, which collected in a muscular pouch in the digestive tract, ^. Michael Crichton, Jurassic Park a. addicted to baseball2. She was trying to teach me to smile,^. J.D. Salingerb. blinded by the blaze of the spells that had been blasted from every direction, deafened by a series of bangs3. Grampa, ^, had succeeded in buttoning the buttons of his blue shirt into the button-holes of his underwear. John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrathc. called the gizzard4. ^, Harry blinked and looked down at the floor. J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fired. spreading the muscles around my mouth with her fingers 5. His tutor, ^, listened to George’s violin with a radio earplug in place. Kenneth Brower, The starship and the Canoe e. fumbling with his chestPart 2: Unscramble to ImitateIn the model and the scrambled list, identify the participle phrases, Next, unscramble and wite out the sentence parts to imitate the model. Finally, write your own imitation of the model and identify the participle phrase. MODEL: The elephant was tearing up bunches of grass, beating them against his knees to clean them and stuffing them into his mouth. George Orwell, “Shooting an Elephant” a. on pieces of garbageb. chopping them with their teeth to soften themc. the mice were dining d. and sniffing them for fresh scents YOU:Part 3: Combining to Imitate In the model, identify the participle phrases. Next, combine the list of sentences to imitate the model. Finally, write your own imitation of the model and identify the participle phrases.MODEL: Not daring to glance at the books, I went out of the library, fearing that the librarian would call me back for further questioning. Richard Wright, Black Boy a, I was not thinking to hide in the boxb. I stood behind the doorc. I was knowing that my sister would discover me thered. She would discover me after little searchingYOU:Part 4: Imitating Identify the participle phrases in the models and sample imitations. Then write an imitation of each model sentence, one sentence part at a time. Models: 1. Blinded and confused, the mouse was running straight away from his field.Loren Eiseley, “The Brown Wasps” Sample: Dejected and disheartened, the girl was backing slowly away from this challenge. YOU:2. The sun was coming over the ridge now, glaring on the whitewash of the houses and barns, making the wet grass blaze softly.John Steinbeck, The Red PonySample: The child was peeking around the door silently, looking at the smiles on the teachers and parents, hearing their gentle laughter sound quiet. YOU:3. We caught two bass, hauling them in briskly as though they were mackerel, pulling them over the side of the boat in a business like manner without any landing net, and stunning them with a blow on the back of the head. E.B. White, “Once More to the Lake”Sample: I chose the tabby kitten, picking it up gently as though it were breakable, putting it into the pocket of my coat in a gentle motion without any jerky movement, and holding it like a secret in the core of my heart. YOU:Part 5: Expanding The participle phrases are omitted in the caret mark (^) in the following sentences. For each caret, add a participle phrase, blending your content and style with the rest of the sentence. 1. My teachers wished me to write accurately, ^, and ^.Kurt Vonnegut , “How to Write with Style” 2. Children love to play in piles of leaves, ^,^. Diane Ackerman, A Natural History of the Senses 3. Hours if wintertime had found me in the treehouse, ^, ^, ^, ^, ^.Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird ................
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