COA Unit 10 - Participle Clauses

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 4,5

Cambridge Objective Advanced

Today's Lessons

Vocabulary p. 66

Participle clauses pp. 66-67

Speaking p. 67

Homework check

Vocabulary page 66

- Check exercise 1 yourself

- We will check part of exercise 2 now

- Check the rest of exercise 2 yourself

Exercise 2: Rewrite these sentences using the words in capitals.

Do not change the form of the word. 

Very few students attended the last lecture of the course. (ATTENDANCE)

I admire this student because she is so determined to succeed. (DETERMINATION)

Participle Clauses

Participle clauses enable us to say information in a more economical way. 

They are formed using:

- present participles (going, reading, seeing, walking, etc.), 

- past participles (gone, read, seen, walked, etc.) or 

- perfect participles (having gone, having read, having seen, etc.). 

We can use participle clauses when the participle and the verb in the main clause have the same subject. 

For example:

Participle clause: Waiting for Ellie, I made some tea. 

Original: While I was waiting for Ellie, I made some tea.

Participle clauses do not have a specific tense. 

The tense is indicated by the verb in the main clause.

Participle clauses are mainly used in written texts, 

particularly in a literary, academic or journalistic style. 

Examples:

Analysing the diaries, we found remarkably similar patterns.

Concerned about the lack of cultural awareness of their staff, 

a group of US business corporations prompted the research. 

Having administered a questionnaire, we got 696 responses. 

Expanding to make full clauses

Page 66: exercise 2

Example: 

Analysing the diaries, we found remarkably similar patterns.

Becomes: 

When we analysed the diaries, we found remarkably similar patterns. 

Because they ............, a group of US business corporations prompted the research.

After ..........., we got 696 responses.

Expand participle clauses 

Page 66: exercise 3

Example:

Having explained the theory, Mr Tip let his pupils work on their own. (after)

Becomes: 

After Mr Tip had explained the theory, Mr Tip let his pupils work on their own.

Rewrite sentences 

Page 67: exercise 4

Example:

Because I felt exhausted after the flight, I went to bed as soon as I got to the hotel.

Becomes: 

 Feeling exhausted after the flight, I went to bed as soon as I got to the hotel.

1. While I was walking round the exhibition, I caught sight of an old school friend. (Walking)

2. Because Marti had made so many mistakes in her homework, she had to do it all over again. (Having)

3. She's a child - she doesn't know what's happening. (Being)

4. As Jack didn't have anyone to spend the evening with, he decided to have an early night. (Not)

5. If you look at it from a sociological point of view, the problem can be seen as one of tension between social classes. (looked)

Speaking

Speaking: page 67 exercise 5 (pictures)

Describe the pictures to your neighbour and discuss the following questions:

What are these people doing?

What are the similarities and differences between the two? 

Week task

Now finish the following exercises:

Vocabulary p. 66

Participle clauses pp. 66-67