THE PARTICIPLE

WHAT ARE PARTICIPLES ?

A PARTICIPLE IS A WORD FORMED FROM A VERB WHICH CAN BE USED AS AN
ADJECTIVE.
ITS NAME COMES FROM THE LATIN PARTICIPIUM(PARTAKING).
TYPES
The three types of participles
PRESENT PARTICIPLE
PAST PARTICIPLE
PERFECT PARTICIPLE
PRESENT PARTICIPLE
The present participle is often used when we want to express an active
action.
We add -ing to the infinitive of the verb.
EXAMPLES

I saw him reading.
Look at the running boy.
PAST PARTICIPLE
The present participle is often used when we want to express a passive
action.
We add -ed to the infinitive of regular verbs.
EXAMPLES
He had his car washed.

I have a heart wracked with sorrow.

PERFECT PARTICIPLE
You form the perfect participle by putting the having in front of the past
participle and present participle.

EXAMPLES

Having delivered the message, he left immediately.

The boy came reading out of the room.


PARTICIPLE PHRASES
A participle phrase is an adjective phrase that starts with a participle.
EXAMPLES
You could see the panther releasing its grip.

Participle Phrases Can Start with Past Participles or Present Participles.

Participle Phrases with Present Participle
Present participles end in -ing.
EXAMPLES
Boiling water.
Caring nature.
SENTENCES
A laughing man is stronger than a suffering man.

The only thing that comes to a sleeping man is dreams.

Participle Phrases with Past Participle
Past participles have various endings, usually -ed, -d, -t, -en, or -n.
EXAMPLES
Broken window.
Painted frame.
SENTENCES
Do not waste time staring at a closed door.
A swollen eye is God's way of telling you to improve your interpersonal
skills.

FORMS OF PARTICIPLE
ACTIVE PASSIVE
PRESENT : LOVING PRESENT : BEING LOVED
PREFECT : HAVING LOVED PERFECT : HAVING BEEN LOVED

USE OF THE PARTICIPLE
CONTINUOUS TENSES(A.V) ARE FORMED FROM THE PRSENT PARTICIPLE WITH TENSES
OF VERB
I am loving. I was loving. I shall be loving.
THE PERFECT TENSES ARE FORMED FROM THE PAST PARTICIPLE FROM TENSE OF VERB
I have loved. I had loved. I shall have loved.
P.V IS FORMED FROM THE PAST PARTICIPLE WITH TENSE
I am loved. I was loved. I shall be loved
PARTICIPLES QUALIFY NOUNS OR PRONOUNS
ATTRIBUTIVELY AS
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
A lost opportunity never returns.
PREDICATIVELY AS
THE man seems worried.(Modifying the subject )
He kept me waiting.(Modifying the object)

ABSOLULETY WITH NOUN OR PRONOUN GOING BEFORE AS
The weather being fine, I went out.
God willing ,we shall have another good monsoon.
The wind being favorable, they embarked.