LESSON PLAN ABOUT PARTICIPLE

I. OBJECTIVES:

At the end of the discussion, the students should be able to:

1.) Determine the form, meaning and uses of past and present participle.
2.) Describe illustrations that elicit the use of past and present participle.
3.) Use past and present participle correctly in a given context from a group differentiated task.

II. SUBJECT MATTER:

A. Topic: Present and Past Participles
B. References: “A Journey through Anglo-American Literature 9”, page
Freeman, D. & Murcia, M. (2008). The Grammar Book. Participles.
Thomson Learning Asia. pp. 18
C. Materials: Book, visual materials, colored papers, strip of papers

III. PROCEDURE:
A. PRELIMINARIES:
1. Prayer
2. Greetings
3. Checking of attendance
B. MOTIVATION:
DESCRIBE IT!
Divide the class into five groups. Complete the statement by using the verb in the parentheses to describe
the following pictures. For this task, you only need 2 representatives each to go to the board.

Group 1 Group 2

_____woods(burn) ______stick (burn)

____temperature(freeze) ______pond (freeze)

burning burnt Freezing frozen

Group 3 Group 4

_____stamps (collect) _____stamps (collect) _____ glass(break) _______leg (break)

Collecting collected Breaking broken

Group 5

______ice (crack) _____screen(crack)

Cracking cracked

C. PRESENTATION OF THE TOPIC:

 What can you observe from the answers you have given?
  What is common from the from your first answers/second answers?
 Since you describe the pictures, what do you think is the function of these words?

Our lesson for today is about Participles

D. LESSON PROPER/DISCUSSION:

A participle is a form of verb that can act as an adjective.

Participles fall into two groups: present participles and past participles. You can identify these two
different types of participles by their endings.
Present participles end in –ing. Past participles generally end in –ed but may also have irregular endings
such as –t and –en.

FUNCTIONS:
 Present Participle (-ing) is used to describe something or someone.
Ex. The interesting show is worth to watch.

 Past Participle (-ed) is used to describe how someone feels or what happen to something.
Ex. Interested, Jack watched the show.

A verb shows an action or a condition while a participle acting as an adjective modifies a noun or pronoun.

E. GENERALIIZATION:

 What is a participle?
A participle is a form of verb that can act as an adjective.
 What are the two types of participle?
Present participle and past participle
 How can you differentiate present and past participle?
Present Participle (-ing) is used to describe something or someone while past participle (-ed) is used
to describe how someone feels or what happen to something.

F. APPLICATION:

 DEAL OR NO DEAL?
The class will be divided in to 5 groups. Have a representative for each group go in front. Pick the number
that will be provided by the teacher. The number that is assigned to you will be your briefcase number. Have the
representative stand in front holding the briefcases. Each briefcase contains a level of difficulty of the task that
you will do. Decide whether you will do it or pass it to other groups because a wrong answer will deduct 2 points
from your total score. So, is it a deal or a no deal?
 Briefcase #1 - Easy
Present or Past?

1 Underline the participle and indicate whether it is present or past.

1. The howling coyotes woke the neighborhood. Howling-present

2. Stumbling, Nicole dropped her books in the hall. Stumbling-present
3. The torn tent was no protection against the wind. Torn-past
Briefcase # 2 – EASY

2 Verb or participle?

Write if the underlined word is verb or participle. Write V if it is a verb and P if it is a participle.

1. My little brother loves frozen yogurt. P

2. The cat frightened the bird. V
3. The Baskins are moving to Toronto. V

Briefcase # 3 Difficult

3 Put the correct participle on the blank.

1. A ______ crowd greeted us. (shout) (shouting)

 2. He held out his _____ finger. (bite) (bitten)
3. A ______star streaked across the clear sky. (fall) (falling)

Briefcase #4 Average

What does it modify?

4
Underline the participle and put an arrow pointing to the word it modifies.
1. Smiling, the official shook my hand. Smiling- official
2. The cracked ice looked like silvers of glass. Cracked-ice
3. The captured rebel died after a few days. Captured-rebel

Briefcase #5 Average

5
Present or Past?
Underline the participle and indicate whether it is present or past.
1. Hurt, Vivian ate lunch by herself. (Hurt, past)
2. Howard turned off the blaring radio. (Blaring, present)
3. The police are recovering the stolen jewels. (Stolen- past)

G. VALUING:

 What is the importance of infinitives in your life as students?

H. EVALUATION:

On a ¼ sheet of paper answer the following.

A. Fill in the blanks with the correct participle.

1. The _____ car gathered speed slowly.

a. Overloaded
b. Overloading
2. The _____rain forced us to stay indoors.
a. Poured
b. Pouring
3. The ____ train pulled down the track.
a. Chugging
b. Chugged
4. ____, she should not follow the directions.
a. Confused
b. Confusing
5. The _____team vowed to practice harder.
a. Disappointing
b. Disappointed
B. Write whether the underlined word is a verb or a participle.

6. The train is arriving on Track 7.

7. The theatrical company has been touring major cities.
8. The moving truck arrived an hour late.
9. The directions confused her.
10. Usually, by this time of the year, the pond has frozen.

IV. ASSIGNMENT:
Construct 5 sentences using the present participle and 5 sentences using past participle of the
verb.