Lesson AWF-4
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Lesson goals
Learn how to create participle clauses, how they can show cause and effect, reasons and event order
Lesson activities
Grammar warm-up
Grammar lecture: participle clauses
Grammar exercises
Grammar warm-up
Time for the activities: ~20-30 minutes
These exercises develop your grammar and receptive skills
Complete the grammar chart by writing the correct verb forms.
Present tense, present participle, past tense and past participle
For example: Choose ➜ choosing ➜ chose ➜ have chosen
Answer key
Arise, arising, arose, have arisen
Catch, catching, caught, have caught
Hit, hitting, hit, have hit
Kneel, kneeling, knelt, have knelt
Play, playing, played, have played
Ring, ringing, rang, have rung
Teach, teaching, taught, have taught
Write, writing, wrote, have written
Grammar lecture: participle clauses
Grammar exercises
Rewriting sentences into participle clauses
Time for the exercises: ~20-30 minutes
These exercises improve your writing skills and grammatical knowledge
You can complete the exercises by yourself or together with your classmate(s)
Rewrite the sentences into participle clauses. Begin the sentences with:
The verb in the ING-form (present participle):
For example: While I was waiting for Richard, I made some coffee. ➜ Waiting for Richard, I made some coffee.
When I realised that it was too difficult, I asked for help.
As I was stepping on to the stage, I took a deep breath.
I handed back the wallet I took and I admitted that stealing was wrong.
The third form of a verb (past participle):
For example: I hid behind a pillow because the movie scared me. ➜ Scared by the movie, I hid behind a pillow.
Because the students gave the right answers, the class nodded in agreement.
Since he saw it from afar, he knew that danger was coming.
She was impressed by the cooking and decided to order another dish.
Having + the third form of a verb (perfect participle):
For example: Feke slept soundly after he had taught the entire day. ➜ Having taught the entire day, Feke slept soundly.
I got tired because I had been reading for hours.
Because he had lost his phone, he needed to buy a new one.
Since he had been single for so long, she thought she would never find true love.
A preposition + ING-form of a verb (present participle):
For example: I took a shower after I had exercised. ➜ After exercising, I took a shower.
I was sleeping and I accidentally kicked my cat.
I washed my hands for 30 seconds before eating dinner.
Answer key
Begin with the verb in the ING-form (present participle):
Realising that it was too difficult, I asked for help.
Stepping on to the stage, I took a deep breath.
Handing back the wallet I took, I admitted that stealing was wrong.
Begin with the third form of a verb (past participle):
Given the right answers, the students/class nodded in agreement.
Seen from afar, he knew that danger was coming.
Impressed by the cooking, she decided to order another dish.
Begin with having + the third form of a verb (perfect participle):
Having read for hours, I got tired.
Having lost his phone, he needed to buy a new one.
Having been single for so long, she thought she would never find true love.
Begin with a preposition + ING-form of a verb (present participle):
While sleeping, I accidentally kicked my cat.
Before eating dinner, I washed my hands for 30 seconds.
Homework
Study the Quizlet.
Exit ticket
Write what you have learned, in the form of a participle clause