Sentence Complexity and Embedding

Gerunds, Infinitives and Participles

Activity 12.9: Answers

Exercise B: Locate the participles in the sentences below and see if they have predicates of their own.  Underline the entire participle phrase.

1. The students receiving their grades became unhappy.
2. The graduate assistant marking the test made several mistakes.
3. One mistake giving the best student an F alarmed all the students.
4. The final grade calculated with the F kept the student off the Dean’s List.
5. The student, incensed at the result, lodged a protest.

Exercise A: Study the pairs of sentences below and mark any that you think are ungrammatical with an asterisk.  What does this show you about participles?

1. The crying baby kept me awake all night.
2. *The baby crying kept me awake all night.

1. The defeated team walked off the field.
2. *The team defeated walked off the field.

1. One mistake giving the best student an F alarmed all the students.
2. *One giving the best student an F mistake alarmed all the students.

1. The final grade calculated with the F kept the student off the Dean’s List.
2. *The calculated with the F final grade kept the student off the Dean’s List.

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