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CAHSEE ELA 4.1 Writing: Sentence Structure. Which of the following sentences does not contain a participle?
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- 00:03
Here's a question for you... hope you can get shmoopy with it...
- 00:08
Which of the following sentences does NOT contain a participle?
- 00:12
And here are the potential answers:
- 00:14
So... what is this question asking?
- 00:17
Isn't a participle a risqué body part?
Full Transcript
- 00:22
OK, maybe not. A participle is actually a verb that has been morphed into an adjective.
- 00:32
That's right -- a verb is just a participle that's had its... ciple cut off.
- 00:37
Usually you can recognize participles as ending in ING or ED.
- 00:42
In this question we have 3 crystal clear participles:
- 00:45
In B, we have FROTHING...
- 00:47
In C we have SCREAMING...
- 00:49
And in D we have CRYING.
- 00:51
Totally textbook participles.
- 00:54
So all that's left is A.
- 00:55
As in, "Aaaaaahhhh!"... the noise verbs make when you cut off their ciple.
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