Participial Phrases

Participial Phrases are present participles or past participles and any modifiers, objects or complements. Participial phrases contain verbs which act as adjectives in a sentence.

Examples:

Singing very softly, the boy lulled his baby brother to sleep.
(participial phrase as adjective modifying boy)

The girls, frightened by the police car's headlights, quickly came down from the school's roof.
(participial phrase as adjective modifying "girls")