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

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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  • @eduardonunez1109
    @eduardonunez11098 ай бұрын

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    8 ай бұрын

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    @WritingBetter

    3 ай бұрын

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    @mariayai1316 Жыл бұрын

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  • @WritingBetter

    @WritingBetter

    Жыл бұрын

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    @simpledetails-tq6hxАй бұрын

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  • @WritingBetter

    @WritingBetter

    Ай бұрын

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

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    Ай бұрын

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  • @bijendrapandey1973
    @bijendrapandey197310 ай бұрын

    This is a great video lesson on participles.

  • @WritingBetter

    @WritingBetter

    10 ай бұрын

    I’m so glad to hear that!

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    @englishkyogri-nf5qw10 ай бұрын

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

  • @WritingBetter

    @WritingBetter

    10 ай бұрын

    I’m so glad you found it helpful!

  • @bloomingmami
    @bloomingmami5 ай бұрын

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

  • @WritingBetter

    @WritingBetter

    5 ай бұрын

    I’m so glad it was helpful!

  • @pepe59551
    @pepe59551Ай бұрын

    Thank you so much. Your explanation is so clear.

  • @WritingBetter

    @WritingBetter

    Ай бұрын

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    @20ilincsh4 ай бұрын

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  • @WritingBetter

    @WritingBetter

    4 ай бұрын

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    @anilmishrassblintercollege94604 ай бұрын

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  • @WritingBetter

    @WritingBetter

    4 ай бұрын

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    @mgaminisilvabs86688 ай бұрын

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  • @WritingBetter

    @WritingBetter

    8 ай бұрын

    I’m so glad you found it useful.

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    @paolavaras5596 Жыл бұрын

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  • @WritingBetter

    @WritingBetter

    Жыл бұрын

    I’m glad you found it helpful!

  • @jamesj2762
    @jamesj2762 Жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @WritingBetter

    @WritingBetter

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for the suggestion!

  • @brisaschmit5636
    @brisaschmit5636 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @WritingBetter

    @WritingBetter

    Жыл бұрын

    I am so glad to hear that it helped you!

  • @brisaschmit5636

    @brisaschmit5636

    Жыл бұрын

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  • @WritingBetter

    @WritingBetter

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you! I hope you find them helpful. 😊

  • @Rob-bob
    @Rob-bob Жыл бұрын

    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

    Жыл бұрын

    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

    Жыл бұрын

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

  • @bsengliterature
    @bsengliterature Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for sharing

  • @WritingBetter

    @WritingBetter

    Жыл бұрын

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

  • @haypiseth0102
    @haypiseth010211 ай бұрын

    Thank you so much ❤

  • @WritingBetter

    @WritingBetter

    11 ай бұрын

    You're welcome 😊

  • @karenng824
    @karenng8242 ай бұрын

    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

    2 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @maverickcho2438
    @maverickcho2438 Жыл бұрын

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  • @WritingBetter

    @WritingBetter

    Жыл бұрын

    You are most welcome!

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    @nazmulhaque38946 ай бұрын

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  • @WritingBetter

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    6 ай бұрын

    I’m glad you found the video helpful!

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    @rffeditss6 ай бұрын

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  • @WritingBetter

    @WritingBetter

    6 ай бұрын

    Thank you. I hope you found the video helpful.

  • @sairagul6262
    @sairagul6262 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @WritingBetter

    @WritingBetter

    Жыл бұрын

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

  • @mariabarnes4094
    @mariabarnes40947 ай бұрын

    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

    7 ай бұрын

    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.

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    @dalalihssn7922 Жыл бұрын

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  • @WritingBetter

    @WritingBetter

    Жыл бұрын

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

  • @BornAgainCatholic
    @BornAgainCatholic Жыл бұрын

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

  • @WritingBetter

    @WritingBetter

    Жыл бұрын

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

  • @ohmikans
    @ohmikans Жыл бұрын

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

  • @WritingBetter

    @WritingBetter

    Жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @MrShankarsa
    @MrShankarsa9 ай бұрын

    Lovely

  • @WritingBetter

    @WritingBetter

    9 ай бұрын

    I hope you found it helpful.

  • @Rob-bob
    @Rob-bob Жыл бұрын

    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

    Жыл бұрын

    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

    Жыл бұрын

    @@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
    @mohangandhi64612 ай бұрын

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

  • @WritingBetter

    @WritingBetter

    2 ай бұрын

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

  • @ElvinValdez
    @ElvinValdez Жыл бұрын

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

  • @WritingBetter

    @WritingBetter

    Жыл бұрын

    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

    Жыл бұрын

    @@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

    Жыл бұрын

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

  • @nishkm
    @nishkm11 ай бұрын

    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

    11 ай бұрын

    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.)

  • @mareysaad6597
    @mareysaad65979 ай бұрын

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

  • @WritingBetter

    @WritingBetter

    9 ай бұрын

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

  • @oneidagil199
    @oneidagil199 Жыл бұрын

    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

    Жыл бұрын

    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

    Жыл бұрын

    @@WritingBetter Thanks.

  • @mohangandhi6461
    @mohangandhi64612 ай бұрын

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

  • @WritingBetter

    @WritingBetter

    2 ай бұрын

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

  • @mareysaad6597
    @mareysaad65979 ай бұрын

    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

    9 ай бұрын

    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.)

  • @user-eb2qm3dx9n
    @user-eb2qm3dx9n Жыл бұрын

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

  • @WritingBetter

    @WritingBetter

    Жыл бұрын

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

  • @mohangandhi6461
    @mohangandhi64612 ай бұрын

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

  • @WritingBetter

    @WritingBetter

    2 ай бұрын

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

  • @aldosimonetti9581
    @aldosimonetti9581 Жыл бұрын

    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

    Жыл бұрын

    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.