Lesson 9

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 4

Programme

• Day start - video
• Welcome
• Update
• Grammar - participle clauses
• Time to practice / time to study

CAE / CPE

Participle clauses

Participle - word formed from a verb

Speaking / having spoken / Spoken

Clause - part of a sentence, contains a subject and verb(s)

Mr Boom explains 

Participle clauses

A participle clause is a bit of sentence that contains both a participle and a person, place or thing

Seeing the weather, ...

Having spoken to the teacher, ....

When finished,....

Participle clauses

There are three different participles to be used:

Present Participle: Seeing the weather, ...

Perfect Participle: Having spoken to the teacher, ....

Past Participle: When finished, .....

Participle clauses

Present Participle: Seeing the weather, ...

Verb + ing 

Perfect Participle: Having spoken to the teacher, ....

Having + past participle 

Past Participle: When finished

Verb + ed or irregular 

Participle clauses

There are a few reasons to use a participle clause...

Participle clauses

Instead of relative clauses (who, which, that, whom) to be more efficient

We were annoyed by students who were behaving poorly

We were annoyed by students behaving poorly.

Participle clauses

Instead of relative clauses (who, which, that, whom) to be more efficient

This is the shirt that was given to me by my brother.

This is the shirt given to me by my brother

Participle clauses

For two things happening at the same time

Use present participle here

On hearing the news, she went berserk. 

Participle clauses

For two things happening one after the other...

Use perfect participle here

Having spoken to her mom, she went out. 

Participle clauses

To talk about reasons or causes

Use present participle here

Seeing as she is Dutch, she likes cheese

Participle clauses

To talk about conditons 

Use past participle here

When finished, you may leave (not)

The man ________ the piano is my uncle. (play)

________ over the phone, he didn’t notice someone enter the room. (talk)

The book ________ by the professor was very insightful. (write)

________ so much, he decided to skip the meeting. (work)

When _______, please find your book. (finish)

__________________  to her mom, she went out

When__________________ with the work, you can go

__________________ in finance, he knows a lot about money

finishing

Having finished

Finished

speaking

Having spoken

spoken

Working

Having worked

Worked

Time to work

Do:

Prepare a one minute pitch in which you explain the basics of participle clauses back to me. 

SB p. 111, ex. 2, 3, 4

WB. p 88, ex. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5