Chapter 40: Present or Perfect Participles?

Sextus, ā grammaticō verberātus, finem recitandī fēcit.

• present active participle (beating)

• perfect passive participle (having been beaten)

Sextus in cubiculum irrūpit, lacrimāns.

• present active participle (crying)

• perfect passive participle (having been cried)

senatōrēs, ā imperatore vocātī, ad forum vēnērunt.

• present active participle (calling)

• perfect passive participle (having been called)

ancillae, per urbem currentēs, Aureliam cōnspexērunt.

• present active participle (running)

• perfect passive participle (having been ran)

puellae, laetissimē cantantēs, rūrī morābantur.

• present active participle (singing)

• perfect passive participle (having been sung)

puerōs, ā grammaticō dīmissōs, cōnspexī.

• present active participle (dismissing)

• perfect passive participle (having been dismissed)

dea, ā Rōmānīs honōrāta, Eucleidem iuvāre potest.

• present active participle (honoring)

• perfect passive participle (having been honored)

Cornēlius fratrem tabernae appropinquantem cōnspexit.

• present active participle (approaching)

• perfect passive participle (having been approached)

venēnum, in vīnō cēlātum, vitam exstinguere potest. 

• present active participle (concealing)

• perfect passive participle (having been concealed)

Titus multitūdinem virorum dormientium vīdit.

• present active participle (sleeping)

• perfect passive participle (having been slept)