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What is a participial phrase in this sentence? A player on our team has scored the winning goal.

the winning goal.

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Name 2 PAST participles.

Any verb that ends in -ed

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Name 3 present participles.
Any verb ending in -ing
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Give an example of a sentence using a past participle.
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What is the participial phrase is this sentence? Many people are participating in the sports.
participating in the sports.
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What are the endings of a past participle?

-ed, -en, -t, or stay unchanged, depending on whether the verb is regular or irregular.

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What is the ending of a present participle?
What is The ending is -ing
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Give an example of a sentence using a present participle.
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What is a participle phrase?
A participle phrase is a group of words that includes a participle and other words that complete its meaning.
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Chasing the cat, the dog slipped and fell. What is the participle phrase?
Chasing the cat.
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What is the participial phrase? An opponent rushing toward the ball prevented a goal.

prevented a goal

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Use the verb "run" in a participle phrase.
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Fill in the blank. A participle phrase that is placed at the beginning of a sentence is always set off with a __________.
comma.
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This base form of the verb is "drive", what is the past participle?

driven

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In which sentence is the present participle written as the noun of the sentence? A. The swimming pool looks dirty. B. Stop swimming in the pool, it is dirty.

A. The swimming pool looks dirty.

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What is the past participle of “swim.”?

Swum

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True or false. A participle phrase always needs a comma.
False.
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The base form of this verb is “begin.” What is its past participle?

begun

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The base form of this irregular verb is “lie” (to rest). What is its present participle?

Lying
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How many types of participles are there? What are they?
past and present participles.