Participle Clauses in English Grammar

In this lesson, learn how to use participle clauses in English: present participles, past participles and perfect participles. This is a must-see lesson for anyone who needs to write in English. A very useful lesson for students of IELTS and Cambridge exams such as Advanced or FCE. 00:00 Intro 00:11 What is a participle clause? 00:42 Why do we use participle clauses? 01:26 Present participles 01:58 using present participles to give a reason for an action 02:51 using present participle clauses to give the result of an action 03:05 using present participle clauses to add information about the subject of the main clause 03:18 using present participle clauses adjectivally 03:38 past participle clauses 03:52 using past participles to give a reason for an action 04:04 using past participle clauses to add information about the subject of the main clause 04:24 to give a similar meaning to an if conditional sentence 04:51 perfect participles in active sentences 05:02 using perfect participles to give a reason for an action 05:12 using perfect participles to show event order 05:45 perfect participles in passive sentences 06:15 Tips for participle clauses 09:05 Quiz Follow me on: Join me on: