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 === Participle phrase BIG IDEAS ===
-* The SAT will:
+* participle phrases and gerunds are used to combine multiple thoughts and clauses
-** try to fool the student into mis-matching a subject with a non-finite participle
+*for example:
-**ask to combine two sentences or clauses using a participle phrase
+**''Eighth graders take Algebra. Ninth graders then take Geometry.''
-***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''
-****to "''After taking Algebra in eighth grade, ninth graders take Geometry''
+****"taking" = non-finite participle noun (gerund)
+***Eight graders taking algebra will take geometry in ninth grade
+****"taking" = present participle adjective that describes what eight graders take
+**note that in both non-finite verb examples, "algebra" and "geometry" are objects of the non-finite verb
 =Conjunction quick start guide =