Present and Past Participle
Present and Past Participle
PARTICIPLE
01 November 2021
GOALS
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PARTICIPLE AS VERBS
Present Past
For regular verb ending in ‘-e’, add ‘-d’
For verbs with silent ‘-e’ at the end, change ‘-e’ to To live – Jhon lived in Brazil
‘ing’ To close – she closed the door
To choose- choosing For regular verbs ending in one consonant +’-y’, change the ‘-y’ to “-
To glide - gliding ied”
To study – they studied German
To try – I tried to be kind
For verbs with ‘-ie’ at the end, change ‘-ie’ to ‘-ying’
To tie – tying For regular verbs that end in one vowel+one consonant, double the
consonant and add ‘-ed’
To lie - lying To stop – they stopped the car
To plan – Nick planned a business trip
For verbs with consonant+vowel+consonant at the
We do not double the consonants ‘y’ or ‘w’
end and final syllable stressed, double the last To play – she played piano
consonant (except for ‘-x’ and ‘-w’) and add’-ing’ To row – he rowed 3 km yesterday
To forget – forgetting
We do not double the consonant when the last syllable is not stressed
To swim - swimming To listen – I listened to the radio
To visit – Margaret visited her mother on Tuesday
PARTICIPLE AS ADJECTIVE
Present Past
How someone feels from an action or How someone, something, or situation
activity (receiver or experiencer – the causes us to feel (agent or cause – the
person feeling the emotion thing or person causing the emotion)
I was bored by this class This class was boring
The man is amused by the movie This movie is amusing to the man
I feel so relaxed from my holiday My holiday was so relaxing