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Belajar Bahasa Inggris: Participial Phrase from Adjective Clause
Participles are verbal adjectives. There are two kinds of participles: present participles and past participles. The present participle always ends in -ing. The past participle of regular verbs ends in -ed, but many verbs have irregular past participles.
Participial phrases (a participle and related words) are often used after nouns. Participial phrases used this way actually (shortened) adjective clauses. Present participles are used to reduce adjective clauses that contain active verbs. Participial phrases are formed by reducing subject pattern relative clauses.
The pedestrian, who was blending from several wounds, waited for someone to help him. (full adjective clause with an active verb)
The pedestrian, blending from several wounds, waited for someone to help him. (participial phrase with a present participle)
Minnesota, which joined the Union in 1858, became the thirty-second state. (full adjective clause with an active verb)
Minnesota, joining the Union in 1858, became the thirty-second state. (participial phrase with a present participle)
Past participles are used to reduce adjective clauses with passive verbs.
The College of William and Mary, which was founded in 1693, is the second oldest college in the United States. (full adjective clause with a passive verb)
The College of William and Mary, founded in 1693, is the second oldest college in the United States.(participial phrase with a past participle)
An ambulance that was summoned by a bystander came quickly. (full adjective clause with a passive verb)
An ambulance summoned by a bystander came quickly. (participial phrase with a past participle)
Participial phrases can also come before the subject of a sentence.
Joining the Union in 1858, Minnesota became the thirty-second state.
Founded in 1693, William and Mary College is the second oldest college in the United States.
To develop your deeper understanding of participial phrase, please do the following exercise and also do this editing practice.
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