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Participle

Formation

Present Participle

V+ing

Past Participle

Ved/ V3

Forms of Present Participle

Active Passive

Present asking being asked

Perfect having asked having been

asked

Present Participle Active Voice

• Is used to express an action which goes on at the same time with the action expressed by the finite verb.

Ex. During the lesson he sits thinking about something else.

During the lesson he sat thinking about something else.

Present Participle Passive Voice

• Is used to express an action which goes

on at the same time with the action

expressed by the finite verb.

Ex. Being left alone, he went on with his

work.

Perfect Participle Active Voice

• Is used to express an action which took place before the action expressed by the finite verb.

Ex. Having arrived at the station, he found that the game was already over.

Perfect Participle Passive Voice

• Is used to express an action which took place before the action expressed by the finite verb.

Ex. Having been asked the question, the pupil was thinking of an answer.

Prepositions and Conjunctions used with Present and Past Participles

• Present and Past Participles can be used after while, before, when, on, after, despite.

Ex. After working all day, I was very tired.

• They can be used to mean ‘because’.

Ex. Having lost her pen, Ann could not write.

Past Participle

• Is used to form the Passive Voice and Perfect tenses.

Ex. John is always laughed at.

Has he gone ?

• As an alternative passive form.

Ex. When given the ball, he ran forward.

Present and Past Participles can be used as adjectives

• Ex. The film was very interesting .

• I was very interested in the film .