SAT Digital Reading and Writing Test quick start guide: Difference between revisions

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 * participles are the verb forms of using ''-ing'' and ''-ed''
 ** these may be finite or non-finite (see "Verbs" guide)
-* non-finite participles do not have a subject and may act as nouns ("gerunds") or adjectives (present or past participle adjective)
+* non-finite participles do not have a subject and may act as nouns ("gerund") or adjectives (present or past participle adjective)
-** ex.,
+{| class="wikitable"
+|+
+!Participle as finite verb
+!Form
+!Participle as non-finite verb
+!Form
+|-
+|''I was '''feeling''' hungry, so I decided to get a burger''
+|"'''feeling'''" = present continuous finite verb (with subject "I")
+|'''''Feeling''' hungry, I decided to get a burger''
+|"'''feeling'''" = non-finite present participle adjective that describes the IC subject "I"
+|-
+|''If you '''are studying''', you will get higher grades.''
+|"'''are studying'''" = present continuous finite verb (with subject "you")
+|'''''Studying''' yields higher grades''
+|"'''studying'''" = gerund (non-finite participle as noun) and acts as the subject of the finite verb "yields"
+|-
+|The train '''stopped''', and people waited impatiently.
+|"'''stopped'''" = past tense finite verb (with the subject "train")
+|''People waited impatiently on the '''stopped''' train.''
+|"'''stopped'''" = past participle adjective that describes "train"
+|}
+==== Participle phrase BIG IDEAS ====
+* The SAT will:
+** try to fool the student into mis-matching a subject with a non-finite participle
+** ask to combine two sentences or clauses using a participle phrase
+*** i.e., going from "Eight graders take Algebra. Ninth graders then have to take Geometry."
+**** to "After taking Algebra in eighth grade, ninth graders take Geometry"
 == Punctuation quick start guide ==