PARTICIPLES
1. PRESENT PARTICIPLE / ACTIVE PARTICIPLE
We can use: present continuous, present perfect continuous, past continuous, continuous future. (Verb + ing)
} As an adjective, the place before or after the noun.
Example: - The crying baby is Suffering from heat.
- The boy, shouting, woke his mother.
} As a verb,
Example: - Rudi is watching a movie.
- He is writing a letter.
} As adverb
Example: - Studying hard, he passed the final exam.
Note: If present participle as an adjective, can not use to be.
If present participle as a verb, can use to be.
Note: Present participle usually show after object from the verb: see, hear, smell, feel, watch, notice, listen to, look at, Observe, keep, find, catch, leave
as an adjective or verb.
2. PAST PARTICIPLE / PASSIVE
We can use: the present perfect, past perfect, future perfect. (Verb 3)
} As a verb,
example: - She has contacted
the man.
- We have watched the movie.
} As an adjective,
Example: - I SAW a broken glass in the corner.
- The letter left in the mailbox was for me.
- Interested people.
} As adverb
Example: - Given money by her mother, she looks happy.
Note:
If as a verb, can use have / has / hade or to be (is, am, are, was were).
If as an adjective, can not use have / has / hade or to be (is, am, are, was were).
Patterns of Present participle
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Example
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Verb + Object + Present participle
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• He has smelt something burning here.
• I heard you singing in the bathroom.
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Have + Object + Present participle
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• My mother did not have me going home alone.
• I have you smoking in my room.
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Catch + Object + Present participle
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• The police caught him stealing a motorcycle.
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Find + Object + Present participle
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• We found them watching televition.
• I leave my younger sister sleeping there.
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Go / come + Object + Present participle
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• I will go swimming afternoon.
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Spend / waste + Object + Present participle
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• Marly does not spend much time preparing this lesson
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Be busy + Present participle
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• Jane was busy packing
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