Grade 10 Participles

Grade 10

Participles

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Types of participles :

A participle is a form of a verb that is used in a sentence to modify a noun, noun phrase, verb, or verb phrase, and then plays a role similar to an adjective or adverb. It is one of the types of nonfinite verb forms.

The two types of participle in English are traditionally called the present participle (forms such as writing, singing and raising) and the past participle (forms such as written, sung and raised).

The present participle (-ing)

• Even though they look exactly the same, gerunds and present participles do different things.

• the gerund acts as a noun. For example : “I like sleeping“; “Sleeping is not allowed.”

• Present participles, on the other hand, act similarly to an adjective or adverb: e.g., “The sleeping girl over there is my sister”; “Breathing heavily, she finished the race in first place.”

The past participle

• Past participles often look very similar to the simple past tense of a verb: finished, danced, etc. However, some verbs have different forms.

• When a past participle comes without an auxiliary verb, it generally works as an adjective in the sentence.

• Examples of Past Participles as Adjectives:

  
  

• Albert always wears a broken hair-band.

• We ate a lot of roasted meat.

• Robert is the most wanted player on the team.

• The frightened boy jumped over the wall.

As you saw in the previous photo , when the subject causes the feeling , we use the present participle.

When the subject receives the feeling , we use a past pasticiple adjective.

The clown causes the feeling.

The girl receives the feeling .

Open Ended

Now it's your turn !

Write 2 sentences for the photo .

P.S : Use present participle in one and past participle in the other .

Open Ended

Do the same for this picture!

Multiple Choice

We walked by the ....................bridge .

• damaged

• damaging

Multiple Choice

The news was .................to his reputation.

• damaged

• damaging

Multiple Choice

His sense of humor can be .............................. .

• irritated

• irritating

Multiple Choice

They seemed really ........................by the joke.

• irritating

• irritated

Multiple Choice

We walked by the ....................bridge .

• damaged

• damaging

The clown causes the feeling.

The girl receives the feeling .