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What is participle and give 5 examples?

Examples of Participles Being Used as Adjectives

The Verb	The Present Participle	The Past Participle
To rise	the rising sun	the risen sun
To boil	the boiling water	the boiled water
To break	the breaking news	the broken news
To cook	the cooking ham	the cooked ham

What is an example of ing?

The -ing form is used in past, present and future continuous tenses, for example: Anthony was fishing. The boys have been playing tennis. We will be working when you arrive.

What are some examples of a participle phrase?

Consider these examples: Walking on the beach, Delores dodged the jellyfish that had washed ashore. Walking on the beach = present participle phrase describing the noun Delores. Walking on the beach is painful if jellyfish have washed ashore.

How do you join a participle in a sentence?

Joining sentences with participles

1. He hurt his leg. He stopped walking.
2. He was unwilling to make another attempt. He decided to quit.
3. The Emperor was warned of the impeding disaster.
4. He lost a large amount of money.
5. I received no reply.
6. He wife encouraged him.
7. He was tired.
8. The magician took pity on the mouse.

What are words ending in ing called?

A verb ending in -ing is either a present participle or a gerund. These two forms look identical. The difference is in their functions in a sentence.

How do you find the participle phrase in a sentence?

Placed at the front of a sentence, a participle phrase is offset with a comma. A participle phrase placed immediately after the noun its modifying is not offset with commas (unless it’s nonessential). Put your participle phrase next to its noun. If there isn’t a noun, you’re dangling (and that’s never good).

How do you join two sentences with participles?

Joining two sentences with a past participle

1. The car was damaged in the accident.
2. Damaged in the accident, the car needed a new door.
3. The boat was tossed up and down.
4. Tossed up and down, the boat developed a leak.
5. I was impressed by the team.
6. Impressed by the team, I stayed for the whole match.

What are the five forms of participle?

There are three kinds of participles in English: present participle, past participle and perfect participle.

What are participles in English grammar?

There are two types of participles in English: past and present. The present participle is always formed by adding the suffix -ing to a verb. When used with an auxiliary verb like “is,” “am,” “are,” “was” or “were,” the present participle forms a compound verb that describes an action that is in progress.

What is the difference between the -ING and the past participle?

The –ing and the past participle is bolded in the example sentences below. Notice that the –ing adjective refers to a thing and the past participle (-ed) adjective refers to a person. The ideas are exciting.

How do you form the present participle?

The present participle is generally formed by adding the suffix ‘- ing ’ to the word stem (therefore, it is sometimes called ing-participle ). In spite of that, there are some distinctive peculiarities about spelling, which need to be taken into account when forming it.

What are some common uses of past participles?

Here are four common uses of past participles: 1. The past participle is used with “have” auxiliaries (helping verbs) in active voice. The “have” auxiliary in the following example sentences is italicized, and the past participle is bolded: