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Participle and Participial Phrases
Participle and Participial Phrases
Phrases
What Is a Participial Phrase?
• You'll see two main types of participles in participial phrases: present participles and past
participles. These phrases sometimes come after linking verbs in different kinds of
sentences. It's easy to tell the difference if you know how to tell your verb tenses apart!
• Past participial phrases include participles in the past tense. This includes verbs
that end in -ed as well as irregular verbs in the past tense. They describe
conditions that happened before the action in the sentence.