2021-11-18 09:31:06
𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗮𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗜𝗘𝗟𝗧𝗦
Participles
The participles are:
a) present participles (staying, leaving, etc.)
b) past participles (stayed, left, etc.) and
c) perfect participles (having left, etc.).
Present and past participles can be used as adjectives. The present participle (-ing) describes what somebody or something is (it answers the question 'What kind?"). The past participle (-ed) describes how somebody feels (it answers the question 'How do you feel?').
Example: It was an embarrassing situation. (What kind of situation? Embarrassing.)
Example:He was embarrassed. (How did he feel? Embarrassed.)
Participles can also be used:
instead of a relative pronoun and full verb.
Example: The woman waving at me is my aunt. (= The woman who is waving at me is my aunt.) Example: The new shampoo qadvertised on TV is very expensive. (= The new shampoo which is advertised on TV is very expensive.)
to express reason.
Example: Feeling shy, Laura didn't talk to Ben. (= Because she was shy, ...)
Example: Having seen the film before, I decided to stay at home. (= BecauseI had seen the film before, I decided to stay at home.)
to express time.
Example:After taking/having taken his Master's degree, he applied for a job / Having taken his Master's degree, he applied for a job. (= After he had taken his Master's degree, he applied for a job.)
Example: We met John while shopping. (= We met John while we were shopping.)
instead of the past simple in narratives when we describe actions happening immediately one after the other.
Example:Hearing the news, she fainted. (= She heard the news and she fainted.)
to avoid repeating the past continuous in the same sentence.
Example:He was walking down the street whistling a tune. (= He was walking down the street and he was whistling a tune.)
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