Combining Vocabulary & Grammar

Using ParticiplesParticiples are defined and examples are given at

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/627/02/.

Participles are verbs that end in –ed or –ing and act as adjectives.

Examples:

Swimming happily in the pool, the little boy splashed and played.

Saddened by the loss of her home, the woman picked through the rubble left by the tornado.

An introductory participial phrase must be followed by a comma. The introductory phrase MUST modify the next noun or pronoun.

EXAMPLE:

Carrying a pile of heavy books, James caught his foot on a step.

NOT

Carrying a pile of heavy books, his foot caught on a step.

Using PrepositionsPrepositions are defined and examples given at

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/594/1/

A list of prepositions is available at

http://www.abcteach.com/free/l/list_prepositions.pdf

Use a comma to separate a group of prepositional phrases of more than four words when the phrases come at the beginning of a sentence.

Without a care in the world, the child played happily on the beach.

Rules for Prepositions

• Prepositional phrases include the preposition, its object, and all modifiers.

• The subject of the sentence is NEVER in the prepositional phrase.

• Preposition should NEVER end sentences.

Write TEN sentences using vocabulary words.

Five of the sentences must include introductory participial phrases.

Five of the sentences must include introductory prepositional phrases.

TWO sentences must include PAIRED vocabulary words.

ALL sentences must include strong context clues.

Do NOT use phrases like “He is very….”

THESE ARE DUE ON THURSDAY TO Turnitin.com.

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