English Language C.1.1.Topic 5.

Entertainment Dr Begoña Núñez Perucha

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GRAMMAR REFERENCE: NOUN PHRASES (Outcomes Student’s Book , p.

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Please note the following uses of the verb “to star”:

a) The movie “The Dying”, which stars John Moffit, is now availa-

ble on DVD.

b) John Moffit stars in the movie “The Dying”.

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John Moffit stars in the movie “The Dying”
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John Moffit, the actor,

John Moffit, theaward-winningactor,

John Moffit, the 37-year old, award-winning character actor from Canada

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John Moffit, the 37-year-old, award winning character actor, who plays in his first
lead role, stars in….



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John M.,…… , playing in his first lead role, stars in. . .

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(relative clause replaced by an –ing participle clause/ present participle / active mean-
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…………….. stars in the three-hour, action- packed road movie “The Dying”,
which is based on the book.



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………………………., based on the book by Tom Daley.

(relative clause replaced by –ed participle clause / past participle / passive meaning)

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FURTHER STUDY

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More examples containing –ing forms:

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1. Present participle replacing a relative clause!
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Many passengers who travelled on that train bought their tickets on the Inter-
net.

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Many passengers travelling on that train bought…

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2. Present participle replacing a subordinate clause (e.g. a reason clause) !
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Knowing that she wouldn’t be able to buy water on her

journey, she took some with her.

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(= As she knew that….)

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Being a child, he was obviously attracted by all sorts of toys.

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(Because / As he was a child…)

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3. –ing form (gerund) in time clauses (e.g. after “before” or “after”):!
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Before beginning the task, the participants were asked to read the instructions care-
fully.

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Now read the following sentence. What’s wrong with it?

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After reading a description of the research, we asked all subjects to sign a con-
sent form.

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Correct sentence:

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After reading a description of the research, the subjects were
asked to sign a consent form.

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(à The subjects read the description of the research and then they were asked
to sign a consent form.)

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More examples containing past participle forms:

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1. Replacing a subject + passive verb:!
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He enters. He is accompanied by his father

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He enters, accompanied by his father.

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2. As he was convinced that they would make fun of him, he refused to attend the
party.!
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Convinced that they would make fun of him, he refused to ….

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3. In our sample there were 100 teachers. We selected these at random.!
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The sample comprised 100 teachers selected at random.

(= who were selected at random)

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EXERCISES ON PAGE 140 (Outcomes Student’s Book)

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