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    Participles are verb forms that can function as adjectives. There are three types of participles in English: present, past, and perfect. The present participle ends in "-ing" and expresses ongoing action. The past participle usually ends in "-ed" or an irregular form, and expresses completed action. The perfect participle combines the past participle with "having" to describe one action happening before another. Participles are used in verb tenses, passive voice, adjectives, and participle clauses to add meaning and combine clauses concisely.

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    Participles are verb forms that can function as adjectives. There are three types of participles in English: present, past, and perfect. The present participle ends in "-ing" and expresses ongoing action. The past participle usually ends in "-ed" or an irregular form, and expresses completed action. The perfect participle combines the past participle with "having" to describe one action happening before another. Participles are used in verb tenses, passive voice, adjectives, and participle clauses to add meaning and combine clauses concisely.

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    Participles are verb forms that can function as adjectives. There are three types of participles in English: present, past, and perfect. The present participle ends in "-ing" and expresses ongoing action. The past participle usually ends in "-ed" or an irregular form, and expresses completed action. The perfect participle combines the past participle with "having" to describe one action happening before another. Participles are used in verb tenses, passive voice, adjectives, and participle clauses to add meaning and combine clauses concisely.

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    Participles are verb forms that can function as adjectives. There are three types of participles in English: present, past, and perfect. The present participle ends in "-ing" and expresses ongoing action. The past participle usually ends in "-ed" or an irregular form, and expresses completed action. The perfect participle combines the past participle with "having" to describe one action happening before another. Participles are used in verb tenses, passive voice, adjectives, and participle clauses to add meaning and combine clauses concisely.

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    The Participle

    What are participles?


    A participle is a word formed from a verb
    which can be used as an adjective.
    Participle is a word used to add extra meaning to
    the sentence.
    There are three kinds of participles in English:
    present participle, past participle and
    perfect participle.
    Present Participle
    • The present participle is often used when we
    want to express an active action.
    • In English we add -ing to the infinitive of the verb.
    Examples:
    I go running every morning.
    He was singing.
    Use of the present participle
    o In the Progressive Tenses :
    e.g. He is reading a book.
    o Gerund :
    e.g. Reading books is fun.
    o Adjective:
    e.g. Look at the reading boy.
    o Together with other words :
    e.g. He sat reading in the corner.
    He came reading around the corner.
    Past Participle
    The past participle is often used when we want to
    express a passive action.
    In English we add -ed to the infinitive of regular
    verbs. We use the 3rd column of the table of the
    irregular verbs.

    e.g. He felt disappointed


    Look at the cup broken of you
    Use of the past participle
    o Perfect Tenses :
    e.g. He has forgotten the pencil.
    o Passive voice:
    e.g, A house is built.
    o Adjective :
    e.g. Look at the washed car.
    o Together with other words :
    e.g. The car washed yesterday is blue
    Compounds with the past
    participle
    This combination is also known as
    perfect participle. It is used to form
    an active sentence with the past
    participle. There is a time gap between
    the actions.
    Past participle and having
    • Having read the book the boy came out of the room.
    One action happened after the other.

    Present participle

    • The boy came reading out of the room


    Both actions happened at the same time
    Perfect Participle
    • The perfect participle can be used to shorten or combine clauses
    that have the same subject if …
    • … one action (the one where the perfect participle is used) is
    completed before the next action starts.
    Ex.: She bought a bike and cycled home. – Having bought a bike, she
    cycled home.
    • … one action has been going on for a period of time when
    another action starts.
    Ex: He had been living there for such a long time that he didn't want
    to move to another town. – Having lived there for such a long time, he
    didn't want to move to another town.
     Participle Clauses
    If a clause is shortened using a participle
    construction, the clause is called participle
    clause.

    Ex: Watching TV, she forgot everything around her.

    In English, participle clauses are mainly used in


    writing in order to put a lot of information into
    one sentence.

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