Participles are also used in absolute phrases with a noun or pronoun going before them. God willing, we shall meet again. The fog having lifted,… Continue reading
Uses of the participle – part II
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Some uses of the participle – Part I
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The participle has the following uses: 1. To form the continuous and perfect tenses. Here is a quick review of the tenses that use the… Continue reading
The Participle
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Read the following sentence Seeing the snake the boy ran away. Seeing is a form of the verb see and has an object, namely snake.… Continue reading
Uses of the participle
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To form the continuous tenses The present participles are used to construct the continuous tense forms. I am writing. They are coming. It was raining.… Continue reading
What are participles?
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Read the following sentence: Hearing a loud noise, the boy woke up. Here the word hearing qualifies the noun boy as an adjective does. It… Continue reading