College English Grammar: Grammar and Writing By Zhu XiangjunUnit 8 Phrases: Participial Phrases Grammar: Participial Phrases Writing: Correcting: Dangling Modifiers Rewriting: Sentence emphasisParticipial Phrases Words that are made of verbs but dont act like verbs are called verbals. There are three types of verbals: participles, infinitives and gerunds. A participle is a verb form used as an adjective to modify nouns and pronouns, or as an adverb to modify verbs, adjectives or other adverbs. P