Combine both of the sentences by changing one of the sentences into a participial phrase.Sentence: New England rock formations are like some in...

In this assignment you are asking your question about, you
are requested to "Combine both of the sentences" by making one of the sentences into a
participle phrase. Firstly, a participle
phrase is a phrase that has a participle as a head
word, not as an interior word, therefore a participle phrase must begin
with a participle. Secondly, you must combine the two sentences to create one sentence
and the combining lexeme must be a participle, not a
conjunction nor a punctuation mark (such as a combining
semicolon).

These are very strict and specific directions
for which it is necessary to understand participles. There
are two kinds of participles, a
present
-ing participle and a past
-ed participle. [The
-ing participle can be substituted by
a present tense which-clause and the
-ed participle can be substituted by a
past tense which-clause.]

The correct
way to combine these two sentences by means of a participle phrase is as follows: New
England rock formations are like some in Britain,
intriguing geologists.
Intriguing is the combining present
-ing participle that joins the
sentences. [Substitute with which-clause: New England rock
formations are like some in Britain, which intrigues
geologists.]

Additionally, you will not want to change
formations to
are forming because
formations is a
noun and are
forming is a present tense verb.
In the assignment sentence, "New England rock formations are like some in Britain," a
geological feature of antiquity is being discussed. In your
suggested change, "New England rocks are forming like the ones in Britain," you are
discussing a currently occurring process. You have thus
changed the meaning and import of the sentence by shifting the stem word
form- from the noun word
class to the verb word class, thus creating
an occurrence that would definitely intrigue geologists by changing the sentence Verb
from the linking verb are ("formations
are like") to the present tense verb
are forming ("rocks are
forming").

If you wish another option, after considerable
manipulation of the sentences, it may be possible to join the sentences by a
participle phrase in another way. The following highly
manipulated construction is the other option: "New England rock formations intrigue
geologists, being like some in Britain."
Being is the present
-ing participle that joins the
sentences. [Substitute with which-clause: New England rock
formations intrigue geologists, which are like some in Britain.] One caveat: It is
possible to misunderstand this construction and think the geologists are equated with
the geologists in Britain instead of the rock formations being
equated.