Participle Clauses | Participial Phrases(& How to Use Them)

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  • Participle clauses are dependent clauses that begin with a participle. They act as an adjective and can come at the beginning, the middle, or the end of a sentence. They are used to give more information but in a more concise way. Participle clauses can be used as present participle clauses, past participle clauses, perfect participle clauses, as well as after conjunctions and prepositions. Punctuation of participial clauses is also important. Using these participle clauses will improve your writing level.
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  • @mutiulhasanabidi7187
    @mutiulhasanabidi7187 Місяць тому +1

    A well done Vlog

    • @WritingBetter
      @WritingBetter  Місяць тому

      I’m happy to hear that you found the video helpful.

  • @simpledetails-tq6hx
    @simpledetails-tq6hx 3 місяці тому +2

    You are literally the best one i have ever watch. Even better than books. Thank you very much. May Allah reward you for your beautiful work.

    • @WritingBetter
      @WritingBetter  3 місяці тому +1

      Thank you for your kind words! I hope you’ll check out some of my other videos.

    • @simpledetails-tq6hx
      @simpledetails-tq6hx 3 місяці тому

      @@WritingBetter I did and already downloaded 12 of them

  • @Rob-bob
    @Rob-bob Рік тому +3

    Thanks again Miss Hamilton for your time spent for your devoted followers. Your classes are really important for us. Watching your video courses, I have loved writing, although I had never enjoyed writing at all before beginning of watching your classes.
    Yet I do have a question regarding your topic. Is it possible to use Participle Clauses while describing a picture or photo? The reason of my question is that the active verbs in picture are recommended to use in Present Continues tense, whereas in your presented examples, the main clauses were mainly in Past tenses.
    For example, if I look at the picture where it shows a woman covering her sleeping child, is it correct to write like this, below?
    " Smiling, the woman is covering her sleeping daughter"
    "Knowing that he is being shot, the boy is smiling at camera"
    "Knowing that the day is going to be hot, the tourists is making sure that they have sufficient amount of water."
    Thank you very much in advance.

    • @WritingBetter
      @WritingBetter  Рік тому +2

      Thank you for always watching the videos!
      Yes, you can use a participle clause to describe a picture and use the present continuous. Here are a few examples:
      Looking at his book, the boy is sitting on the chair.
      Holding a cup of tea, the woman is looking out of the window.
      Sitting next to the counter, the man is reading a newspaper.
      I should have included a few of these as examples in the video. Thank you for the question!

    • @Rob-bob
      @Rob-bob Рік тому +2

      @@WritingBetterthanks again for all that you are doing for us. Your are fantastic teacher.

  • @eduardonunez1109
    @eduardonunez1109 9 місяців тому +3

    I Love it! Thank you teacher. ❤❤❤

  • @mariayai1316
    @mariayai1316 Рік тому +4

    Thank so much for keep making these amazing educational videos.

    • @WritingBetter
      @WritingBetter  Рік тому

      You’re welcome! I’m glad you find them helpful.

  • @brisaschmit5636
    @brisaschmit5636 Рік тому +2

    Omgg I have always had a hard time understanding gerund and participle clauses… THANK YOU 🎉❤

    • @WritingBetter
      @WritingBetter  Рік тому +1

      I am so glad to hear that it helped you!

    • @brisaschmit5636
      @brisaschmit5636 Рік тому +1

      @@WritingBetter I think I will watch all you videos! They are so easy to understand!Besides, your voice’s soothing 😍

    • @WritingBetter
      @WritingBetter  Рік тому +1

      Thank you! I hope you find them helpful. 😊

  • @bijendrapandey1973
    @bijendrapandey1973 11 місяців тому +2

    This is a great video lesson on participles.

  • @bloomingmami
    @bloomingmami 6 місяців тому +1

    Thank you teacher I stuck with how to use Participle for along time. And this VDO is a key!!!

  • @onlineenglishlessons918
    @onlineenglishlessons918 5 місяців тому +1

    Thanks

    • @WritingBetter
      @WritingBetter  5 місяців тому

      You’re welcome! Thank you for watching the video.

  • @pepe59551
    @pepe59551 3 місяці тому +1

    Thank you so much. Your explanation is so clear.

    • @WritingBetter
      @WritingBetter  3 місяці тому

      I’m so happy to hear that you found it helpful!

  • @mgaminisilvabs8668
    @mgaminisilvabs8668 9 місяців тому +1

    Excellent lesson..! Superb...thank you so much, ma'am..!👏👏👏👏👍💐

    • @WritingBetter
      @WritingBetter  9 місяців тому

      I’m so glad you found it useful.

  • @carlhighsetland7629
    @carlhighsetland7629 Місяць тому +2

    Hello Dear Teacher .
    Your lesson is full of examples, thank you for this.
    I have a question:
    Practice section:
    Students will not be allowed to take the test (students have arrived late).
    Your Answer: Students arriving late will not be allowed to take the test.
    My Answer: (For) Having arrived late, students will not be allowed to take the test.
    I based my answer in the information that the students have really arrived late. Therefore, they will not be allowed to take the test.
    Your answer implies that the students have not arrived yet.
    (Present participle), but if they do, they will not be allowed to take the test. Am I righr ?
    Please, tell me.

  • @englishkyogri-nf5qw
    @englishkyogri-nf5qw Рік тому +1

    Wow, excellent video! Thank you so much for the lesson!

  • @jamesj2762
    @jamesj2762 Рік тому +5

    Hi, thank you for this great detailed video about Participle. If you to make a video about Gerund phrase or clauses, it will be good for us. Thanks.

  • @paolavaras5596
    @paolavaras5596 Рік тому +2

    You are amazing ! Thank you

  • @bsengliterature
    @bsengliterature Рік тому +2

    Thanks for sharing

    • @WritingBetter
      @WritingBetter  Рік тому +2

      You’re welcome! I hope you found it helpful.

  • @20ilincsh
    @20ilincsh 5 місяців тому +1

    OMG, it’s awesome

    • @WritingBetter
      @WritingBetter  5 місяців тому

      I’m so glad to hear that you found it helpful!

  • @karenng824
    @karenng824 3 місяці тому +1

    Many Thanks for the video …it seems that both present and past participle can be used for result for an action .? How to decide which form should be used for result for an action ?

    • @WritingBetter
      @WritingBetter  3 місяці тому +2

      This is a good question. However, I think you mean that both can be used as a reason for an action.
      Knowing she liked roses, he bought her a large bunch.
      Worried about being late, he skipped breakfast.
      The second sentence could be written:
      Worrying about being late, he skipped breakfast.
      As you can see, you can use both the present participle and the past participle to give the reason for an action.
      I hope this helps.

  • @mariabarnes4094
    @mariabarnes4094 9 місяців тому

    Thank you for such a great lesson, especially for the part about punctuation.
    But is "Having nothing to do, she decided to go to the beach" an example of a perfect participle clause?

    • @WritingBetter
      @WritingBetter  9 місяців тому

      I’m glad you liked the video.
      A better example might have been:
      Having finished her homework, she decided to go to the beach.
      Thanks for your comment.

  • @maverickcho2438
    @maverickcho2438 Рік тому +1

    Thank you so much..very very useful... feedback from Bhutan

  • @nazmulhaque3894
    @nazmulhaque3894 8 місяців тому +1

    Maestro ❤❤❤

    • @WritingBetter
      @WritingBetter  8 місяців тому

      I’m glad you found the video helpful!

  • @ElvinValdez
    @ElvinValdez Рік тому +2

    Great work! I have a question. Participle cluase and participle phrase are the same thing? Please answer me.. I appreciate it 🙏

    • @WritingBetter
      @WritingBetter  Рік тому +1

      Both participle clause and participle phrase can be used in the same way.
      The word “clause” can be an independent clause or a dependent clause. A dependent clause cannot be a complete sentence by itself. The participle clause is a dependent clause. This may seem confusing if you have learned that a clause is a complete sentence. Both the participle clause and the participle phrase add more information to the main sentence (independent clause).
      I hope this helps.

    • @oneidagil199
      @oneidagil199 Рік тому

      @@WritingBetter I had understood that the clauses had a subject, a verb and a predicate, even if they were dependent, and that the phrase lacks a complete structure.

    • @oneidagil199
      @oneidagil199 Рік тому

      @@WritingBetter I don't see what a clause is and how it differs from the phrase

  • @haypiseth0102
    @haypiseth0102 Рік тому +1

    Thank you so much ❤

  • @sairagul6262
    @sairagul6262 Рік тому +1

    Great content.....
    Need material on Narrative Essay

    • @WritingBetter
      @WritingBetter  Рік тому

      I'm glad you found it helpful.
      I will add Narrative essay to my list for future videos.

  • @rffeditss
    @rffeditss 8 місяців тому +1

    oh good voice

    • @WritingBetter
      @WritingBetter  8 місяців тому

      Thank you. I hope you found the video helpful.

  • @anilmishrassblintercollege9460
    @anilmishrassblintercollege9460 6 місяців тому +1

    Excellent nam

    • @WritingBetter
      @WritingBetter  6 місяців тому +1

      Great! I'm happy to hear that you found it useful.

  • @dalalihssn7922
    @dalalihssn7922 Рік тому +2

    🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🌷

    • @WritingBetter
      @WritingBetter  Рік тому

      You’re welcome! I hope you find it helpful.

  • @MrShankarsa
    @MrShankarsa 10 місяців тому +1

    Lovely

  • @ohmikans
    @ohmikans Рік тому

    Explanation has been excellent but you could have explained the role of adverbial participle clause

    • @WritingBetter
      @WritingBetter  Рік тому

      I’m glad you found it useful. I do have another video about adverb clauses. Perhaps I will make another video about adverbial participle clauses as well.

  • @Rob-bob
    @Rob-bob Рік тому

    Hi Miss Hamilton,
    In this sentence below ⬇️
    "Doing regular exercise is a key factor in the elderly keeping fit"
    I guess "Doing" is the Gerund, but I am not really sure about "keeping". Is it a Participle Present Clause? Or it still Gerund?
    I will appreciate if you could help me with this.

    • @WritingBetter
      @WritingBetter  Рік тому +1

      These are both examples of a gerund phrase not a participle phrase. A participle phrase acts like an adjective while a gerund phrase acts like a noun. I am working on a video about gerund phrases for my next video.
      Gerund phrases can most of the time be replaced with the following words:This/that/someone/something
      So, in your sample sentence:
      This is a key factor in something.

    • @Rob-bob
      @Rob-bob Рік тому

      @@WritingBetter Thank you for your help. It is what the doctor ordered.
      I am looking forward for your next video.
      Knowing how to use Gerund and Participles can make miracles in writing.
      Thanks again for all.
      By they way, if you consider some teaching, I will be more than happy to become your student.

  • @mohangandhi6461
    @mohangandhi6461 3 місяці тому

    kindly tell about the tenses of Participle Clauses | Participial Phrases.

    • @WritingBetter
      @WritingBetter  3 місяці тому

      Perhaps this webpage will help to answer your question:
      langeek.co/en/grammar/course/523/participle-clauses

  • @mareysaad6597
    @mareysaad6597 11 місяців тому

    If I want to use a participle clause for this sentence " If I travel by car, I will be more comfortable"
    Thanks in advance

    • @WritingBetter
      @WritingBetter  11 місяців тому +1

      Traveling by car, I will be more comfortable.
      I will be more comfortable traveling by car.
      (I will be more comfortable if I travel by car.)

  • @nishkm
    @nishkm Рік тому

    Hello Mam, after watching this amazing video, I have learnt a lot of things 🙂.
    Could you help me with below Query??
    A paragraph from a news article on Titan submarine implosion.
    Here, "knowing it was futile but hoping it was wrong" is qualifying "James Cameron" ??
    "James Cameron said it was difficult to watch the frantic search play out over the next few days, knowing it was futile but hoping he was wrong."

    • @WritingBetter
      @WritingBetter  Рік тому

      Yes.
      We can use participle clauses when the participle and the verb in the main clause have the same subject. For example,
      Waiting for Ellie, I made some tea. (While I was waiting for Ellie, I made some tea.)

  • @BornAgainCatholic
    @BornAgainCatholic Рік тому

    Can you make a video on the books you recommend? I think that would be very helpful.

    • @WritingBetter
      @WritingBetter  Рік тому +3

      Thank you for the suggestion. I will add that to my list of future videos.

  • @oneidagil199
    @oneidagil199 Рік тому +1

    It doesn't make it clear to me if the participle phrase is the same as the participle clause. Is there a difference between the clause and the sentence?

    • @WritingBetter
      @WritingBetter  Рік тому +2

      I understand your confusion. Different grammar books use different terms for these groups of words. It might be better not to worry about the actual term used but to concentrate more on learning how to use these groups of words in sentences.

    • @oneidagil199
      @oneidagil199 Рік тому +2

      @@WritingBetter Thanks.

  • @mohangandhi6461
    @mohangandhi6461 3 місяці тому +1

    Super super super. Screen in the presentation was blurred. Kindly focus.

    • @WritingBetter
      @WritingBetter  3 місяці тому

      Thanks for your comment! I’ll work on that.

  • @mareysaad6597
    @mareysaad6597 11 місяців тому

    I did not understand when to use present and when to use past, or I can use them interchangeably ??

    • @WritingBetter
      @WritingBetter  11 місяців тому +1

      The present participle and the past participle are used for two different reasons so they cannot be used interchangeably.

  • @aldosimonetti9581
    @aldosimonetti9581 Рік тому

    There are so many mistakes. "Opening the door.." replaces an adverbial clause, so it functions as an adverb rather than an adjective. It modifies the verb, not the noun as you said.

    • @WritingBetter
      @WritingBetter  Рік тому +5

      Thank you for your comment. These types of phrases can be confusing.
      If the sentence had been written:
      "After opening the drawer, the teacher took out the paper."
      This would be an adverbial phrase. This is true because we could write the sentence in two ways and they would both make sense.
      After opening the drawer, the teacher took out the paper.
      The teacher took out the paper after opening the drawer.
      With participial phrases:
      "Opening the drawer, the teacher took out the paper."
      However:
      "The teacher took out the paper opening the drawer." does not make sense. The teacher is the one opening the drawer, not the paper.
      The participial phrase needs to be as close as possible to the word it is modifying.
      I hope this helps.

  • @mohangandhi6461
    @mohangandhi6461 3 місяці тому

    having studied the entire lesson, the letters on the video were blurred.

    • @WritingBetter
      @WritingBetter  3 місяці тому

      Thank you for letting me know. I will try to fix that in future videos.

  • @user-eb2qm3dx9n
    @user-eb2qm3dx9n Рік тому

    WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A PARTICIPLE PHRASE AND A PARTICIPLE CLAUSE

    • @WritingBetter
      @WritingBetter  Рік тому

      Nothing. They are just two ways of describing the same thing.

  • @carlhighsetland7629
    @carlhighsetland7629 Місяць тому

    I sent a question today 08.July.2024
    Hour 23.33

    • @WritingBetter
      @WritingBetter  Місяць тому +1

      I answered it on your other question.