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En esta entrada aprenderemos sobre los Participle Clauses. Os dejaremos una serie de diapositivas para que sea más fácil comprender este tipo de estructuras. Esperamos que os ayuden.
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What are participle clauses?
Participle clauses are a form of adverbial or adjectival clause that helps us to say information in a more economical way.
How do I recognise the participle clause?
Well, the participle clause usually starts with a verb in -ing or -ed (but watch out, not always!)
Look at the example below, the part underlined in red is the participle clause.
Do the main clause and the participle clause have the same subject?
Yes, most of the time. However, you can find clauses that don't share the same subject.
What kind of participles are there?
There is the Present Participle: we form it with -ing.
There is the Past Participle: we form it with -ed or it is the word of the third column when you learn the verbs.
There is the Present Passive: we form it with being + the past participle of another verb.
There is the Perfect Active: we form it with having + the past participle of another verb.
There is the Perfect Passive: we form it with having + been + the past participle of another verb.
What do we use the participles for?
Present Participle
it can be used as an adjective, usually replacing a relative clause:
Look at that man sitting in the corner.
All participles
can be used as an adverb, it can replace time, reason and result adverbs:
Feeling exhausted after the flight, I went to bed as soon as I got the hotel.
Perfect Participles
often replace adverbial clauses and show when or why something happened:
Having made your decision, it is not possible to change your mind.
Subject
most participle clauses have the same subject as the main clause, but they can have different subjects as well.
There being no money left, we had to go back.
Participle Clauses
when the participle clause describes a situation and its subject is different, it can be introduced by with.
I was beginning to get a headache with the children talking at the same time.
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