Writing Academic English 4th Edition

LabreportsnothandedinbyFriday

willnotbeaccepted.

Theproposedlaw,opposedbythe

majorityofthepeople,didnot

pass.

Theproposedlaw,whichwas

opposedbythemajorityofthe

people,didnotpass.

Labreportsthatarenothandedin

byFridaywillnotbeaccepted.

Simplepast

Simple

present

Iiong:fora longtime

frontofa videoscreen)

4. Thesurgeoncontrolsthreeroboticarms _
   _____withjoystickssimilartothoseusedinvideogames.
   (hold/ surgicaltools/ above/patient)


5. robotsareveryvaluable
   forsurgeryoninfants.(allow/surgeonstomaketinyincisionsandto
   usesmalltools)


6. Onecompanyplanstotryouta newapproachthatis aimedatyoungadults.

A. Rewriteeachsentence,reducingtheadjectiveclausetoa participialphrase.

Retainthecommasinsentencescontainingthem.Thefirstonehasbeendone

foryouasanexample.

1. Cigarettecompanies,whichhavebeenlonglcliticizedfortheiradvertising
   tactics,havebeenlookingfornewwaystoselltheirproducts.
   Cigarettecompanies.longcriticizedfortheiradvertisingtactics.havebeen
   lookingforneWwaystoselltheirproducts.

Thegeneralform-edparticipleis thepastparticipleorthirdformofa verb:opened,

spoken,sold,caught.A generalform-edparticiplecomesfrombothpresentandpast

tensepassivevoiceverbs.

B. Fillintheblankwithan-ingphraseformedfromthewordsinparentheses.

Addcommasifnecessary.Thefirstonehasbeendoneforyouasanexample.

1. Theindustries usingthemostrobots arethosewithassemblylines,such
   asautomobilemanufacturing.(use/themostrobots)
   2.Inthefieldofmedicine,it willsoonbenormaltofindrobots
   ____.(perform/surgery)


2. Withonekindofroboticdevice,a humansurgeon

_____directstherobot.(sit/in

enAcT]CE:2 q

-edParticipial

Phrases

General

Form-eel

Participial

Phra§e§

254 Part 111 ISentenceStructure