PART II FOCUS
The teacher is expected to help students appreciate the effects of using participles and absolutes in their writings
Participles
Getting to know participles Reference for the excises
Verb Form crying broken singing and dancing Words Modified girl piggy bank the boy and the girl Function description description description Reference for the Classroom Activities 1. Sentence b: handing (describing she)
Sentence c: wandering, picking (both describing friends) ; Sentence d: made (used with had to indicate the past perfect tense) Sentence e: surprised (describing Tigger) ;
Sentence f. filled (used with were to indicate the passive voice) Sentence g. staring (describing Tigger)
Sentence h: left (describing nothing) ; checking (describing Roo) Sentence i: looking (describing Pooh) Sentence j. looking (describing Roo);
Sentence k. gone (used with have to indicate the present perfect tense) Sentence l: picking (describing friends), fallen (describing raspberries) Sentence m. waiting (used with was to indicate the present continuous tense)
2. a. smiling b. Reading
c. Swimming d. competing
e. mentioned f. Jumping, thrown, broken g. published, informing h. Having, exhausted, relieved Complex participle phrases
A. Present participles in different modes and aspects
Simple form Form doing Perfect aspect having done Passive voice (being) done Perfect aspect in passive voice having been done Meaning The action is carried out by the subject and takes place at the same time as the predicate. The action is carried out by the subject and takes place before the predicate. The action is received by the subject and takes place at the same time as the predicate. The action is received by the subject and takes place before the predicate. *In this passive form, being is usually omitted, and then it becomes the past participle.
Reference for the Classroom Activities
1. Refer to the above table for the meanings of the present participles. 2. a. The computer bought last week brings happiness to everyone in my family. b. Being back in my hometown, I didn't know that my professor had assigned another 5,000-word paper.
c. Standing in front of the picture painted by a post-impressionist, many people pretended that they could understand it. / Many people stood in front of the picture painted by a post-impressionist, pretending that they could understand it.
d. Looking out of the window of the train, the boy was amused by the power lines dancing up and down in the air.
Extra Activities
Combine each of the following groups of sentences into one sentence using participles
a. She was born in a common family. She was educated in an average college. She is satisfied with her present life. b. The students have finished their exams. They feel greatly relieved.
As a result, they plan to play cards the whole night c. Jimmy set his feet into the starting blocks. He stared ahead intently.
d. Larry was sitting in a corner of the pub. Larry held his head in his hands.
Larry was so depressed that even the best joke in the world couldn't cheer him up.
Suggested answers to the Extra Activities
a. Born in a common family and educated in an average college, she is satisfied with her present life.
b. Having finished their exams and feeling greatly relieved, the students plan to play cards the whole night.
c. Jimmy set his feet into the starting blocks, staring ahead intently.
d. Holding his head in his hands, Larry was sitting in a corner of the pub, so depressed that even the best joke in the world couldn't cheer him up.
B. Participles with conjunctions Suggested answers to the question
Structure: They are all composed of a conjunction and a participle, and the noun in the main clause is the logical subject or object.
新世纪高等院校英语专业本科生系列教材写作教程第三部分参考答案
