Past participles in composition
This activity involves working with nonfinite clauses to do some sentence-splitting and sentence-joining. The purpose is to develop your awareness of the different kinds of structures that are available to you as a writer.
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Past participles in composition: Activity 1
His report, published yesterday, demands fundamental changes in the way safety is regulated in the North Sea. →
His report was published yesterday. It demands fundamental changes in the way safety is regulated in the North Sea.
Invented in the late sixties, the melotron used a complicated system of loop tape recordings to achieve an effect similar to sampling. →
Past participles in composition: Activity 2
Beckett’s early work was written in English over the period from 1929 to 1938. It seems restless, nomadic. →
Written in English over the period from 1929 to 1938, Beckett’s early work seems restless, nomadic.
The electromagnetic bell was patented in 1878 by Thomas Watson. It is rugged, reliable and loud enough to be heard from some appreciable distance. →