Wednesday 23 August 2017

Participial phrases

Participial phrases are groups of related words that include a participle and as a group function as an adjective. 

Some examples are:

Allowing enough time, Jane started practising her badminton several weeks before the University tournament.

Beaten by the brilliant attack, the enemy fled in disarray!

The words in colour are participial or participle phrases.

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