Chapter 15 IParticipialPhrases 263Examples
Havingsixolderbrothers.I havealwaysbeeninterestedinsports.ParticipialPhrases
Wanting...Aswedidnotknow.., Notknowing '"
ReasonClauses
BecauseIwanted- Participialphrasesreducedfromreasonclausesmaycomebeforeorafter
theindependentclauseina sentence.Reasonsubordinatorsarealways
deleted.
Myfatheralwayshadtimetoplaywith us,evenafterworKing 12-hourdaysinhis
smallshop.GlobalWarming
10neofthebiggestproblemsthatfaceshumankindinthenextfewdecades
istheproblemofglobalwarming.Inthepast 150 years,globaltemperatures
haverisenapproximately1°C(1.8°F).Theyear 1998 wasthewarmestyearthat
haseverbeenrecorded.If temperaturescontinuetorise,theconsequences
couldbecatastrophic.AsEarth'stemperaturerises,polaricewillmelt,whichwill
causethewaterleveloftheoceanstorise.Risingoceanlevels,inturn,will
causefloodingalongthecoasts.Globalwarmingwillalsocausemajorchanges
inclimatethatwillaffectagriculture.Forexample,cropsthatwerepreviously
growninGuatemalamaynotdosowellbecauseit willbecometoohot.
2BecausetheybelievethattheincreaseincarbondioxideinEarth'satmosphere
istheprimarycauseofglobalwarming,scientistshaveurgedimmediate action
todecreaseCO 2 levels.Theyareaskingtheworld'sgovernmentstowritean
agreementthatwillcontroltheamountofCO 2 thatis releasedintotheatmosphere.
Aftereachgovernmentsignssuchanagreement.eachgovernmentwillhaveto
enforceit. Brazilians,forexample,willhavetostopburningtheirrainforests,and
Americanswillhavetostopdrivingtheirgas-guzzlingSUVs.A. Writeeightsentencesaboutyourselformembersofyourfamily,usinga
participialphraseineach.Trytouseall threeparticipleformsshowninthe
chaIionpage262.Improvethefollowingshortessaybychangingtheunderlinedadjectiveandadverb
clausestoparticipialphrases.Rewritetheessayona separatesheetofpaper.WritingPractice
"Editing Practice