Present Participle
Present Participles
A present participle is a word
that (1) ends "-ing," (2) is formed from a verb, and (3) is used
as an adjective or to
form verb tense. For example:
Let's look at the verb to laugh:
·
Here's the present participle: laughing
·
Here it is used as an adjective: The laughing gnome
·
Here it is used to form a verb tense: The
gnome was laughing.
There are two types of participles:
·
The Present Participle
(ending "-ing")
(usually ending "-ed," "-d,"
"-t," "-en," or "-n")
Present and past participles
are non-finite verbs. (A non-finite
verb is a verb that, by itself, does not show tense. This means if you look at
just a participle, you cannot tell if you're dealing with the past tense, present tense, or future tense.)
Examples of Present Participles Being Used As
Adjectives
Here are some examples of present
participles being used as adjectives:
The Verb
|
The Present
Participle
|
To run
|
running water
|
To flourish
|
flourishing business
|
To discourage
|
discouraging glance
|
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example present participle:
·
She is babysitting tonight
·
What are you listening to?
·
I am learning something I need
·
My mother is next to the lady wearing the red hat.
(The participle phrase "wearing the red
hat" describes "the lady.")
·
I know a pond teeming with
fish.
(The participle phrase "teeming with
fish" describes "a pond.")
·
Frantically shuffling through
her coppers, Jackie hoped to find another silver coin.
(The participle phrase "Frantically shuffling
through her coppers" describes "Jackie.")
·
Relying on Mark's inability
to cast accurately, Lee plonked his bait exactly where Mark had just
caught the small pouting.
(The participle phrase "Relying on Mark's
inability to cast accurately" describes "Lee.")
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