PRESENT

PARTICIPLE
FLORES GOMEZ CAROLINA
GOPAR CHÁVEZ JULIETA DANIELA
LAUREANO SÁNCHEZ TANIA IVETH
 PARTICIPLES ARE FORMED BY ADDING SUFFIXES TO VERBS. IN ENGLISH,
DEFINITION THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF PARTICIPLES: PRESENT PARTICIPLES AND
PAST PARTICIPLES. PRESENT PARTICIPLES END IN “-ING,” WHILE PAST
PARTICIPLES END IN “-ED,” “-EN,” “-T,” “-N,” OR “-NE.”

Participles can be used in various

ways. They can be used as adjectives
to describe a noun or pronoun, as
part of verb tenses, or as part of
participial phrases. Participial
phrases are groups of words that
include a participle and its modifiers.
 WHAT IS PRESENT
PARTICIPLE?
The present participle is the -ing form of a verb.
Present participles and participle phrases give more
information about a noun.
When two things happen at the same time, use the
present participle form of the second verb after a comma.
Present participles can introduce a participle phrase.
A participle phrase goes immediately after the subject of
the phrase.
TYPES OF PARTICIPLES
There are two main types of
Past participles, on the other hand,
participles: present participles and
are used to form the past perfect
past participles. Present participles
tense, which describes an action
are used to form the present
that was completed before another
continuous tense, which describes an
action in the past. For example, “I
ongoing action. For example, “I am
had walked to the store before it
walking to the store.” In this
started raining.” In this sentence,
sentence, “walking” is the present
“walked” is the past participle.
participle.
HOW PARTICIPLES WORK

Participles are verb forms that can function as adjectives

or as part of a compound verb tense. In this section, we
will discuss how participles work, including their verb
forms, tenses, and usage in active and passive voice.
 ADJECTIVES
PARTICIPLES CAN BE USED AS ADJECTIVES TO
MODIFY NOUNS. IN THIS CASE, THE PARTICIPLE
TAKES ON AN ADJECTIVE-LIKE FUNCTION,
DESCRIBING THE NOUN THAT IT IS MODIFYING.
FOR EXAMPLE:
THE BURNING CANDLE WAS LEFT UNATTENDED.
THE BROKEN VASE WAS BEYOND REPAIR.
THE FALLING LEAVES COVERED THE GROUND.
NOUNS
PARTICIPLES CAN ALSO BE USED AS
NOUNS. IN THIS CASE, THE PARTICIPLE
TAKES ON A NOUN-LIKE FUNCTION,
SERVING AS THE SUBJECT OR OBJECT
OF A SENTENCE. FOR EXAMPLE:
SWIMMING IS A GREAT WAY TO STAY IN SHAPE.
BROKEN PROMISES CAN BE DIFFICULT TO FORGIVE.
RUNNING IS NOT ALLOWED IN THE HALLWAYS.
 EXAMPLES:

"A tree falling on the ground makes a "Right now I'm walking in the forest,
loud noise." looking at the bugs."

"People chatting on a hike frighten the "Birds flying across the summer sky
animals." always make me smile.

"I often sit in the forest, observing "A ladybug eating a leaf looks so
things around me." fragile."
EXAMPLES

She is cooking dinner in the

kitchen. They are writing an
He was running to catch the essay.
bus. She was flying a kite.
The cat is sleeping in the They have been waiting
corner. for hours.
We have been talking for
hours.
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