Essential english grammar teaching notes unit 9 table of contents noun clauses and adjective clauses three kinds of clauses noun clauses adjective clauses. Ed and ing adjectives exercise 1 choose the correct adjective. Present participle verbing clauses can be used without a subject. It is possible for that clauses to be used as the subject of a sentence, as in e. Please contact me if you have any questions or comments. Some noun clauses begin with words such as that, what, why, or other words that. English esl adjectives with ed or ing worksheets most.
To complete the thought, you must attach each subordinate clause to a main clause. It can be a subject, predicate nominative, direct object, appositive, indirect object, or object of the preposition. Pay attention to the tense used after the words in red. We can begin a clause to give reason with these words. Grammar quiz relative clauses complete these sixteen sentences to score your knowledge of relative clauses. Conditional sentences, ifclauses type i, ii, iii if you like, you can stay stay would stay for two days. Read pages 94100 in language network and take notes.
Daniel joined the english drama club because as since he wanted to improve his intonation. More often, a thatclause in the subject position begins with the fact that, as in f, or is introduced by it is a fact that, as in g. Participle clauses exercise rewrite the sentences with participle clauses. Purpose clauses intermediate worksheet busy teacher. Diagram the sentence and, to the side of your diagram, indicate what job each clause is doing. Hi guys, after revising ing and ed clauses, try to do this exercise. Noun clauses any clause that functions as a noun becomes a noun clause. Im feeling depressed depressing, so im going to go home, eat some. Review the rules on relative clauses and youll be able to do this as well. A main clausesometimes called an independent clausemust contain a subject and a verb as well as express a complete thought.
Reason and cause as, because, since, because of, due to, owning to, now that a as, because, since. Reducing relative clauses is difficult to understand. Reduced relative clauses replace the relative clause by a participle construction ing for active and ed for passive while keeping the rest of the sentence unchanged. Participle ing or ed other english exercises on the same topic. Conditional sentences, if clauses type i, ii, iii if you like, you can stay stay would stay for two days. Having found a hotel, we looked for somewhere to have dinner. When two things happen at the same time, you can use ing for one of the verbs. If you run into peter, tell him that he owes me a letter 3. My dog floyd, who eats too much pizza, has developed pepperoni breath. The modifying clause in e cannot be reduced to an adjective phrase. May 09, 2011 causal relations can be expressed by ing clauses of result. There are also some words that can be followed by either an infinitive or an ing form. Pdf and online version participle clauses worksheet with answers for esl teachers and students. Put parentheses around the phrase or phrases in each sentence.
Students result english result intermediate grammar unit 12 ing and ed clauses. Mar 19, 2015 hi guys, after revising ing and ed clauses, try to do this exercise rewrite the following sentences using a ing clause or a ed clause. This use of prepositions or conjunctions before participle clauses mainly ing participle clauses is quite common. Defining relative clauses they describe the preceding noun in such a way as to distinguish it from other nouns of the same class. The teacher was impressed by daniels work, so she gave him the highest score. May 23, 2016 complete the following sentences using an appropriate verb form. The government increased the duty on wine, resulting in a fall in demand. A giant spider has made its home behind the shampoo. English has an alphabet that consists of 26 letters. When two things happen at the same time, you can use ing.
Conditional sentences, alle types, special forms, exercise. T he m ain c lause recognize a main clause when you see one. Acting as a noun a noun clause is a type of subordinate clause. Sometimes i get really frustrating frustrated when i cant express myself well in english. If the ing clause is first as in the second example, we write a comma, between the clauses. No matter how much i study i cant seem to remember this vocabulary. Some adjectives, nouns and verbs can be followed by infinitives with or without to. Straightforward exercises on ing and ed adjectives. Because he didnt study hard enough for his exam, ryan couldnt pass it. Participle clauses exercise 1 perfect english grammar. Participle clauses exercise 2 perfect english grammar.
This is a fun, engaging listening activity which is successful with all age groups. Participle clauses exercise 2 use a participle clause to add the information in italics to the main sentence. Fishermen who seasonally attended to their dry fishery on the eastern avalon peninsula of newfoundland represented the extent of the english presence in north america for more than threequarters of a century after. Participle clauses can also follow prepositions or conjunctions. Clauses of purpose the conjunctions used are so that, so, so as tov usually comes after a main clausethe purpose of using these conjunctions. Usually use the form of a toinfinitive clause nstead of using toinfinitive, it is often used in order to or. Present and past particples are used as parts of certain verb constructions but they can be used in a number of different ways. Thatclauses can have various functions in sentences. Clauses of purpose, reasoncause and resulteffect i. Pdf grammar worksheets intermediate level b1 grammar worksheets b1 this sections provides you with downloadable pdf worksheets and keys for grammar. Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word or phrase.
More often, a thatclause in the subject position begins with the fact that, as in f, or is introduced by it is a. The teacher was impressed by daniels work, so she gave him the highest mark. The important point to remember about subordinate clauses is that they can never stand alone as complete sentences. I find horror films really frightening frightened and not at all fun to watch. Turn the underlined part of the sentence into a participle clause. Feeling tired ing clause i went to bed early main clause playing tennis and feeling tired are ing clauses. Rewrite the following sentences using a ing clause or a ed clause. May, 2017 some adjectives, nouns and verbs can be followed by infinitives with or without to. It takes lots of practice, so make sure to write down what you learn as you learn online. Bundling information into a what phrase moves the information into the background less importance. Page 1 of 4 participle phrases as reduced relative clauses. The ing and ed forms ing the team working on the project consists of both staff and students. For exercises, you can reveal the answers first submit worksheet and print the page to. Exercises divide these complex sentences into main clauses and.
Recommended for preintermediate or intermediate students who are asked to rewrite the sentences given using the purpose expressions in bra. Ed and ing adjectives exercise 2 choose the correct adjective. Clauses and phrases of reason when you want to explain why something happens, you can use a clause of reason introduced by a conjunction because, as and since or a phrase introduced by because of. Only adjective clauses that have a subject pronoun who, which, that are reduced to modifying adjective phrases. Reduction of adjective clauses to adjective phrases. Some of the words that introduce noun clauses are that, whether, who, why, whom, what, how, when, whoever, where, and whomever. The word that is not omitted when the thatclause is used as the subject. The information in the other part after be moves to the foreground and receives more emphasis more importance. As it was getting late, i decided i should go home. Will it be all right if i bring a friend tonight 6. It is possible for thatclauses to be used as the subject of a sentence, as in e. Ways of expressing the relationship between causereason and resulteffect i.
Complete the sentences using the correct form of the word in brackets. Exercise about participle clauses reduced relative clauses. Expressing reason, purpose and contrast reason because. As since because daniel wanted to improve his intonation. We must be near the beach, because i can hear the waves. Confusing adjectives past simple or past participle how to add ing to a verb ing or ed participle participle clauses present participles. Recommended for preintermediate or intermediate students who are asked to rewrite the sentences given using the purpose expressions in brackets and making the necessary changes. Forty sentences for practicing the use of adjectives with ed or ing. Grammar worksheet all things grammar grammar focus participle adjectives ed vs. Not knowing the title of the book, i asked the librarian for help. As since because daniel wanted to improve his intonation, he joined the english.
That clauses can have various functions in sentences. Practice rewrite the following sentences using participle clauses. These notes will serve as one of your main sources of information on the topic so be sure to take complete notes. A thatclause, for example, can be the subject or object of a verb. Need neednt must mustnt a free english exercise to learn english.
Reason and cause as, because, since, because of, due. Because everything looked different, i had no idea where to go. Lesson 271 noun clauses a noun clause is a dependent clause that can be used in the same way as a noun or pronoun. If i hadnt been so tired, i would not have given up 8. Home english grammar exercises participle clauses exercise. This is used in an active sense, that is the action in the participle phrase is one which the subject actively performs. Verb patterns with thatclauses english practice learn. Active the boy who was waiting in the hall expected a phone call. Exercises combine and shorten the following sentences using reduced adjective clauses. It is important that the meeting should start on time. Present participle verb ing clauses can be used without a subject.
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