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THE PARTICIPLES

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TYPES OF PARTICIPLES

Present Participles expresses an action in

progress

Ex: I was eating while you were watching TV

Past Participle expresses a finished action.

Ex; I have studied Latin

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The participles are used with auxiliaries BE andHAVE to make progress, Perfect( finished action)and passive verb forms with BE.

USE:

1-Participles can be used as adjectives before nouns.

Ex; An interesting book

2-After BE and other verbs

Ex: I am tired

He come tired

3-Adjective can have objectsEx: Englishspeaking Canadiens (Not Speaking-

english Canadiens)

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4- Other compound structureswith participles arealso common before nouns.

Ex: A recently-built house

5- The adjectivesofPresent Participlesusually have

an active meaning.

Ex: A boring lesson

Past Participleusually have a passive meaning.Ex: I am bored

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Perfect Participles

To show that one action was complete before

another started.

Ex: Having spent five years in Portugal, I

Know the country quite well. ( Because I spent

five years )

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Use the words in brackets as participles in the gaps.

Example:_________ news (surprise)

Answer: surprising news

1. a..............waiting.........................boy. (wait)

2. a brokencar .(break)

3. the forgotten.pizza (forget)4. the workingfather (work)

5. I saw him going.. (go)

6. thetalking.. pupils (talk)

7spoken strictly (speak)

8. the girl living.next door (live)

9. therepaired.. computer (repair)

10.. excited..fans (excite)

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Choose the correct answer It's _b__ how popular American music is around the world.

a. surprisedb. surprising

I thought the movie "Independence Day" was really __b_ .a. bored

b. boring

That tall new building in Kuala Lampur really __c_ me!a. fascinate

b. fascinatingc. fascinates

Bryan Adams is a really _b__ singer.a. interested

b. interestingc. interest

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Ex:I talked to the man _______ the newspaper. (to read)Answer:I talked to the man reading the newspaper.

1. He saw his friend --------going----------out with Sue. (to go)

2. The bus crashed into the blue car -----driving--down the hill. (to drive)

3. Peter hurt his leg ----doing----karate. (to do)

4. The umbrella ---found--at the bus stop belongs to John Smith. (to find)

5. The peopledancing-in the street are all very friendly. (to dance)

Fill in the verbs in brackets as participles (present

participle or past participle) into the gaps.

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Rewrite the sentences replacing the italic part with a

perfect participle.

We switched off the lights before we went to bed. we went to bed.

The boy asked his mother's permission and then went out to play. Your answer: H aving asked his mother 's permissionthe boy went outto play.

As he had drunk too much, he didn't drive home himself. Your answer: Having drunk too muchhe didn't drive home himself.

We have written two tests today, so we are very exhausted. Your answer: Having wr itten two tests todaywe are very exhausted.

She filled the washing machine and switched it on. Your answer: Having fi l led the washing machineshe switched it on.

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CONCLUSION

Participle

Types

Participle

clausesPerfect Participle

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