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Participle I and Participle II: Past Participle. Present Participle
Participle I and Participle II: Past Participle. Present Participle
Participle I and Participle II: Past Participle. Present Participle
Participle definition:
A participle is a form of the verb that is used together with another verb to form
tain tenses. Participle is a verbal adjective determining nouns/pronouns.
In English there are mainly two kinds of participles: the present participle and the
past participle.
Present participle
The present participle ends in "-ing". (Walking, helping, drinking, taking)
The present participle is used together with the verb BE to form the progressive
tenses: (Past progressive, Present progressive, Future progressive, Past perfect
progressive, Present perfect progressive, Future perfect progressive)
Past participle
The past participle ends in "-d" or "-ed", in case of a regular verb, or differently, in
case of a verb. (Walked, helped, drunk, taken).
The past participle is used together with the verb HAVE to form the perfect tenses:
(Past perfect, Present perfect, Future perfect)
The past participle is also used together with the verb BE to form passive
sentences:
Present participle
Boring
Interesting
Annoying
Past participle
Bored
Interested
Annoyed
Example sentences:
Present participle
The movie was very horing
That book was so interesting.
You really are annoying.
Past participle
Why do you look so bored?
She is very interested in musict.
The audience became annoyed.