Now, Hamlet, hear. Exercises on Participles There are three kinds of participles in English: present participle, past participle and perfect participle. Present Participle The present participle is the ing -form. Present Progressive — I am speaking. Not the exceptions in spelling when adding 'ing': Exception Example final e dropped but: ee is not changed come — coming but: agree - agreeing final consonant after short, stressed vowel is doubled sit — si tt ing final consonant l after vowel is always doubled in British English travel — trave ll ing final ie becomes y lie — l y ing The present participle can be used to describe the following verbs: come, go, sit Example: The girl sat crying on the sofa.
Exercises on Present Participle Past Participle The past participle is the participle that you find in the third column of lists with irregular verbs. You surely know this form: from perfect tenses z. Present Perfect Simple — I have spoken.
Regular verbs form the past participle by adding ed , however, note the following exceptions in spelling: Exceptions when adding ed Example after a final e , only add d love — love d final consonant after a short, stressed vowel or l as final consonant after a vowel is doubled admit — admit ted travel — travel led final y after a consonant becomes i hurry — hurr ied The past participle can also be used to shorten or combine passive clauses that have the same subject.
Exercises on Past Participle 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. The perfect participle can be used for active and passive voice. Exercises on Perfect Participle Use of Participle Clauses If a clause is shortened using a participle construction, the clause is called participle clause. Example: Watching TV , she forgot everything around her.
When shortening or combining clauses with a participle construction, keep the following rules in mind: Both clauses should have the same subject. The less important part becomes the participle clause. Important information should always be in the main clause. Make sure, you use the correct participle form see above. The conjunctions as, because, since and relative pronouns who, which are left out. The conjunctions before, when are used in the participle clause. To start, participles are words derived from verbs that can function as adjectives or as parts of verb phrases to create verb tenses.
Put simply, that means a participle will look like a verb running but may have a different role in the sentence: the running water. That participle is describing the water and performing the function of an adjective. The two main types of participles are the present participle and the past participle. For regular verbs , adding -ed to the base form creates the past participle.
For example, the past participle of cook is cooked. Past participles formed from irregular verbs may have endings like -en , -t , -d , and -n. Examples include swollen , burnt , hoped, and broken. Some past participles remain the same as the base forms of irregular verbs, like set and cut.
Past participles can also combine with the verb to be to create the passive forms of verbs. For example:. Adding -ing to the base form of a verb creates the present participle. For example, eat is the base form of the verb to eat. The present participle of eat is eating. Present participles always end in -ing. Other examples of present participles include swimming , laughing , and playing.
This test can also be: Edited i. Printed to create a handout. Sent electronically to friends or students. Did you spot a typo? Grammarly's app will help with: 1 Avoiding spelling errors 2 Correcting grammar errors 3 Finding better words This free browser extension works with webmail, social media, and texting apps as well as online forms and Microsoft Office documents, like Word and Teams.
Download the app. We have two books: 1 "Smashing Grammar" Written by the founder of Grammar Monster , "Smashing Grammar" has an A-Z glossary of grammar terms, a punctuation section, and a chapter on easily confused words. Each entry starts with a simple explanation and some basic examples before giving real-life, entertaining examples.
Every entry ends with a summary explaining why the grammar point matters to a writer.
0コメント