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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

What is present participle ?

kindly give us some information on present participle
  

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Present participle ( transitive verbs), active voice: writing Present participle ( transitive verbs), passive voice: being written Present participle ( intransitive verbs), active voice: coming Present participle ( intransitive verbs), passive voice: none Some exceptions : to dye - dy e ing , to singe - sing e ing , sit - si tt ing , get - ge tt ing , prefer - prefe rr ing , occur - occu rr ing , travel - trave ll ing lie - l yi ng , die - d yi ng , tie - t yi ng Example : I saw a child crying in the garden.

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  • Present participle ( transitive verbs), active voice: writing Present participle ( transitive verbs), passive voice: being written Present participle ( intransitive verbs), active voice: coming Present participle ( intransitive verbs), passive voice: none Some exceptions : to dye - dy e ing , to singe - sing e ing , sit - si tt ing , get - ge tt ing , prefer - prefe rr ing , occur - occu rr ing , travel - trave ll ing lie - l yi ng , die - d yi ng , tie - t yi ng Example : I saw a child crying in the garden.
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Present participle (transitive verbs), active voice: writing

Present participle (transitive verbs), passive voice: being written

Present participle (intransitive verbs), active voice: coming

Present participle (intransitive verbs), passive voice: none

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It's the third form of a lexical verb. By lexical, I mean any verb that is either a auxiliary verb ( to be/ have) or a modal verb (Should, must, etc)

Example:

Regular verb: PLAY - PLAYED - PLAYED.

I've played basketball since 1983,

Irregular verb: FORGET - FORGOT - FORGOTTEN

I haven't forgotten my schools days.

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Oh, I've just read "present participle"

It's the "progressive" form of a lexical verb.

Stand - standing

Study - Studying.

It's always a participle if the verb is used with a verbal meaning and not with a nominal meaning.
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The present participle can be a part of the complex object.

I saw him running.

I heard him singing.

She heard them speaking.

I felt the water touching my feet.
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