The Use of Present Participle

The Use of Present Participle

by: Nanik Widiyanti

Participle is a word a formed from a verb which can be used as an adjective. There are two kind of participle, they are past participle and present participle. Now we are study about The Use of Present Participle. Here we go....

Here are some participles being used as adjectives:

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

Read more at http://www.grammar-monster.com/glossary/participles.htm#KphlPq3sf55pC85h.9Here we will study about The Use of Present Participle. Here we go......

A.   Present participle as a part of the continuous form of a verb

       Present Continuous: S + to be + Ving 

       1. I'm learning English now.

       2. You are using internet now.

       3. They are visiting me next summer.

       4. She is playing poker.

       5. I'm meeting my mother tonight.

       Present Perfect Continuous: S + Has/Have + been + Ving

      1. I have been living here for six years ago.

      2. She has been traveling since last August.

      3. My mother has been cooking since this morning.

      4. I have been waiting for you since along time ago.

      5. It has been raining outside.

B.  Present participle after the verb of scent/after verbs of perception

      Pattern: verb + object +  present participle

      1. I heard someone calling me.

      2. He saw Afrelia drawing under a big tree.

      3. She smells something burning. 

      4. They hear screaming girl when they walk in the wood.

      5.  She heard someone singing in the middle of night. 

C. Present participle after verb of movement/position

     1. She went schooling.

     2. They run taking a lotteray.

     3. I go surfing.

     4. They went climbing the mountain last year.

     5. My sister came toward to me.

D. Present participle as a phrase (Participle Phrase)

    1. I see a lady wearing red veil.

    2. She took her hat from hangering clothes.

    3. I have an sleeping bag.

    4. A singing cat comes to me.

    5. I like to stay beside swimming pool.

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Here are some participles being used as adjectives:

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

Read more at http://www.grammar-monster.com/glossary/participles.htm#KphlPq3sf55pC85h.99

Here are some participles being used as adjectives:

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

Read more at http://www.grammar-monster.com/glossary/participles.htm#KphlPq3sf55pC85h.99

Here are some participles being used as adjectives:

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

Read more at http://www.grammar-monster.com/glossary/participles.htm#KphlPq3sf55pC85h.99