PART II FOCUS The teacher is expected to help students appreciate the effects of using participles and absolutes in their writingsParticiplesGetting to know participles Reference for the excises Verb Form Words Modified Function crying girl description broken piggy bank description singing and dancingthe boy and the girl description Reference for the Classroom Activities 1. Sentence b: handing (describing she) Sentence c: wandering, picking (both describing friends) ; Sentence d: made (used with had to indicate the past perfect tense) Sentence e: surprised (describing Tigger) ; Sentence f. filled (used with were to indicate the passive voice) Sentence g. staring (describing Tigger) Sentence h: left (describing nothing) ; checking (describing Roo) Sentence i: looking (describing Pooh) Sentence j. looking (describing Roo); Sentence k. gone (used with have to indicate the present perfect tense) Sentence l: picking (describing friends), fallen (describing raspberries) Sentence m. waiting (used with was to indicate the present continuous tense) 2. a. smiling b. Reading c. Swimming d. competing e. mentioned f. Jumping, thrown, broken g. published, informing h. Having, exhausted, relieved Complex participle phrases A. Present participles in different modes and aspects Form Meaning Simple form doing The action is carried out by the subject and takes place at the same time as the predicate. Perfect aspect having done The action is carried out by the subject and takes place before the predicate. Passive voice (being) done The action isreceived by the subject and takes place at the same time as the predicate. Perfect aspect in passive voice having been done The action is received by the subject and takes place befo...