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Grammar Participle clauses

Participle clauses add more information to a noun Participle clauses also do not indicate a subject, so
phrase using a present participle (verb-ing) or a the subject of the participle clause must also be the
past participle. same as the rest of the sentence.

The girl who you are talking about is looking at you.
Present participle clauses are a briefer way of using The girl talking about is looking at you.
a relative clause. Present participles relate to an
active verb.
Both present and participle clauses can also be used
The people who are standing over there are looking to begin sentences in literary contexts.
at you.
Waiting for the bus, I felt cold and miserable.
The people standing over there are looking at you.
Soaked by the rain, I finally arrived home.

Past participle clauses are a briefer way of using a
relative clause in the passive voice. To emphasise that one action happened before
another, we can use a perfect participle – having +
The music which was performed last week was past participle
his first composition for the choir. The music
performed at last week’s concert was his first Having walked for hours, we were very tired.
composition for the choir.

Passives in the present continuous or future forms
can be shortened to being + past participle.

The prisoners who are being released will be given Correct the mistakes.
new identities. The prisoners being released will 1. The man who talking to Jeff is my cousin.
be given new identities.
2. The book publishing last week is selling well.
3. Having say everything I wanted to say, I left the
Participle clauses do not show a time, so the time of room.
a participle clause must be the same as the rest of
the sentence.
The girl who was standing over there isn’t there now.
The girl standing over there isn’t there now. –

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