Participial+phrase

>> **Participial Phrases - Reminders: **
 * Participles - Reminders: **
 * Participles are verb forms used to modify nouns.
 * Ex: The //__swinging__// sign creaked in the wind.
 * Ex: The //__unexpected__// guest made a speech.
 * Present participles ALWAYS end in //-ing//. They are the form used with //is, am,// and //are// in verb phrases.
 * Ex: //is looking, am running, are reading//.
 * Past participles USUALLY end in //-ed// or //-d//. They are the form used with //have, has,// and //had// in verb phrases.
 * Ex: //have looked, has stopped, had hopped.//
 * A few past participles are irregularly formed (//torn, sold, burnt, read//, etc.)
 * Ex: //have flown//, //had slept//, //has fought//
 * Participial phrases are made up of participles and accompanying modifiers.
 * Ex: The jogger //__running__ in the puddle// is going to be very wet and cold.
 * Just like simple participles (above), participial phrases can be made up of present or past participles and accompanying modifiers.
 * Ex: The police scattered the protesters //__loitering__ outside the museum//.
 * Ex: The Great Smoky Mountains National Park contains rolling hills //__blanketed__ by bluish haze//.
 * <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">Simple participles usually appear immediately **before** the noun/pronoun modified. Participial phrases **follow** the noun/pronoun modified.