Monday, June 3, 2024

Participle Clauses / relative clauses



Relative clauses - basic


Defining relative clauses


Non-defining relative clauses



 

suggest   ·   fill   ·   scatter   ·   have   ·   moor

bathe   ·   look   ·   sit   ·   wear

 

1.There are three people ________

 on the grass.    

2.In the background there's a woman

________ in a river.        

3.And there is also a boat _______

 by the river.      

4.In the main group there are two men

 ________ a conversation.          

5.And there's a woman not

________ any clothes _______ at the artist.                        

6.There are some clothes, presumably hers,

_________ about on the ground.             

7.In the foreground there are various things

________  they have had a picnic.            

8.For example there is a basket half

 ________ with fruit.

 

Types of Adverbial Participle Clause

 

Consecutive - one action immediately follows another

It is important that one action happened before another

Cause - because of (since, as) participle clause > x

Condition - the idea of if /when + participle clause, then > x

Simultaneous - two actions happen at the same time

Result - participle clause is a result of x

Practice

practice here

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