PARTICIPLE

AGENDA

1. What is Participle?

2. Present Participle

3. Past Participle
1. What is Participle?

 Language makes participle with verb form.

Participle has form of adjective, it means
passive/active/perfect.
PARTICIPLE

Present Past
Participle Participle
2. Present Participle

Verb + ing

 Present participle is used for the progressive

form or adjective for noun.
 Meaning -> PROGRESSIVE & ACTIVE!!
2. Present Participle

Examples
1. She is writing a poem for him.
It means progressive with be verb.

2. Look at the sleeping baby.

This is adjective, it has progressive meaning.

3. She is a very depressing person.

This adjective means active, it
decorates the noun at the front.
2. Present Participle

 Present participle modifies a noun in the

front .
 EXERCISE

A rolling stone gathers no moss. (roll)

A barking dog seldom bites. (bark)
Watch out running cars! (run)
2. Present Participle

 If a sentence is too long, present participle

modifies a noun at the back.

 EXERCISE
I saw my brother sleeping on the sofa. (sleep)
Do you know the man carrying a bag? (carry)
The girl standing over there is my sister. (stand)
2. Present Participle

 Present participle can be used as a form of subjec

tive complement. → It means the state of
subject at the intransitive verb; come, go, sit,
stand, lie.
 EXERCISE

The police came running into the room. (run)

He was walking talking on the phone. (talk)
2. Present Participle

 Present participle also can be used as a form of o

bjective complement. → It means the state of
object.
a verb of perception/keep/leave/start/set
+ object + present participle
 EXERCISE
I saw her playing the piano. (play)
They heard the doorbell ringing. (ring)
3. Past Participle

Verb + ed

 Past participle is past form of verb, it means

perfect/passive or adjective for noun.
 Meaning -> PASSIVE & PERFECT!!
3. Past Participle

Examples
1. She has kept the car for ten years.
It means present perfect with ‘have’.

2. He was fired from the company two years

ago. It means past progressive with be verb.
3. Past Participle

 Past participle modifies a noun in the front .

 EXERCISE

They were looking at the broken window.

(broke)
A burned child is afraid of fire. (burn)
2. Present Participle

 If a sentence is too long, past participle

modifies a noun at the back.

 EXERCISE
He handed a box made of wood.(make)
The boy named Jack entered a university
when he was 15. (name)
The jacket displayed in the store was sold a
half price. (display)
3. Past Participle

 Past participle can be used as a form of subjectiv

e complement. → It means the state of subject
at the intransitive verb; become, remain, look.
 EXERCISE
The window remained locked. (lock)
She looked satisfied with the result. (satisfy)
The building seemed abandoned. (abandon)
3. Past Participle

 Past participle also can be used as a form of objectiv

e complement. → It means the state of object.
Verb + object + past participle

 EXERCISE

Did you here your name called? (call)

The police found he murdered. (murder)
He made his parents disappointed. (disappoint)
Thank you!!
 CLASSROOM ACTIVITY
PG 82 TO 83

Classroom Activity
Part 1
Find the participles ending in –ing and –ed
In each of the sentences.
Part 2
Working alone,
fill in the proper participle in each sentence.