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Unit 17: Word stress
Learn about participle clauses... and word stress!
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- 1Go beyond intermediate with our new video course
- 2Reported speech in 90 seconds!
- 3If or whether?
- 45 ways to use 'would'
- 5Let and allow
- 6Passive voice
- 7Unless
- 8Mixed conditionals
- 9The zero article - in 90 seconds
- 10The indefinite article - in 90 seconds
- 11The. That's right - the! Learn all about it in 90 seconds
- 12The continuous passive
- 13Future perfect
- 14Need + verb-ing
- 15Have something done
- 16Wish
- 17Word stress
- 18Different ways of saying 'if'
- 19Passive reporting structures
- 20The subjunctive
- 21When and if
- 22Inversion
- 23Phrasal verbs
- 24The future
- 25Modals in the past
- 26Narrative tenses
- 27Phrasal verb myths
- 28Conditionals review
- 29Used to - review
- 30Linking words of contrast
Grammar Reference
Participle clauses
Participle clauses use a present or past participle in a clause instead of a typical subject + verb form. There are different kinds of participle clauses for different situations. In this week's video Dan talks about one type, participle clauses of reason.
Participle clauses for giving reasons
Being a man, I shave everyday. = Because I am a man ...
Being young, I made many mistakes. = Because I was young ...
Perfect participle forms show that the action in the participle clause was finished before the action in the main clause.
Having tried the coffee, I don't recommend it. = Because I tried/have tried the coffee...
