256 Part 111 I SentenceStructure
- VotersintheUnitedStates,whohavehadlittleexperiencewithstrong
femaleleadersatthenationallevel,mayneverchoosea femalepresident.
toquit.(smoke/for 40 years)4. _____, myfatherfoundit difficult
- Indiaand thePhilippines,whichhaveelectedwomenprimeministersinthe
past,aremoreprogressiveinthisareathantheUnitedStates.
OR
Womenaroundtheworld,havingtraditionallybeenwithoutpoliticalpower,are
beginningtogaininfluenceinpoliticsandgovernment.2.Ireland,whichhadneverchosena womanleaderinitsentirehistory,has
electedtwoconsecutivefemalepresidentsinrecentyears,(Putneverin
frontoftheparticiple.)B. Fillintheblankswitha phrasecontaininga perfectformparticiple.Usethe
wordsinparenthesestomakethephrase,andaddcommas.- Havingsavedformanyyears, theyoungcouplecould
finallybuytheirfirsthome.(save/formanyyears)
2.TheNewYorkYankeesbaseballteam _
____is thebestbaseballteamintheUnitedStates.(win/TheWorld
Seriesmoretimesthananyotherteam)- Janice decidedtohideone
ina pottedplantoutsideherfrontdoor.(forget!herhousekeyforthe
thirdtimeina week)
A. Rewriteeachsentencebychangingtheadjectiveclausetoa participialphrase.
Sincealloftheclausesinthesesentencesarenonrestrictive,usecommas.For
practice,writeatleasttwoofthesentenceswiththeparticipialphraseatthe
beginningofthesentence,asinthesecondexampleinthechartonpage255.
Thefirstonehasbeendoneforyouasanexample.- Womenaroundtheworld,whohavetraditionallybeenwithoutpolitical
power,arebeginningtogaininfluenceinpoliticsandgovernment.
Hovingtraditionallybeenwithoutpoliticalpower,Womenaroundtheworldare
beginningtogaininfluenceinpoliticsandgovernment.
PRA.CTICE 3
PerfectForm
Participial
Phrases