2A PARTICIPLE CLAUSES GRAMMAR AND EXERCISES

Hi 2A students!
How was your weekend? Ready for a new week full of new chances of improving your English?
I would like to offer some grammar  today. Here is the topic of the participle clauses. 
These are subordinate clauses , with no subject, which use an -ed or -ing form, to express event order, time, cause and effect.

They are really useful in written communication because they include information without making long or complicated sentences.

When we talk about PRESENT PARTICIPLES WE REFER TO= -ING FORM
When we talk about PAST PARTICIPLES WE REFER TO= -ED FORM / 3rd. COLUMN IRR VERB.

This could seem a difficult content but it isn't , really. Anyway, I am going to help you walk through it nice and slowly. :-). Let's follow the following STEPS.

The estimated time to do all the tasks is 45 minutes 🕘

STEP 1. (VIDEO)
Ready to start? WATCH THIS 4.08-minute VIDEO attentively for a general explanation.

Pause the video every time you see the little blackboard to pay full attention to example sentences. Write them down on your notebook to understand them better and play the video again.

STEP 2. (ACTIVITIES)
Have a look at this site⇩ There you'll find a quite extended explanation of the different usage, active and passive versions , examples.. again take notes on your notebook for a better study of the topic.
EXPLANATION  AND EXERCISES. Do all the self- correcting exercises. Take note of your mistakes.

STEP 3. (COMMENTS)
Leave a comment on the comment section asking questions about your doubts , parts that you do not understand , examples that you have found difficult to get or if you need an explanation about your mistakes. I will be filming a video this weekend about common mistakes and difficulties on this matter.  Please , leave a comment as soon as you go through the material, so that I can offer the footage asap. I appreciate your cooperation.

In case you want to use your book go to lesson 75 ( lesson, not page), and see SOME STRUCTURES WITH -ING FORM ( see sections B and C) and do your exercises.