Stage 20: Present Participles

What is a participle?

• A noun formed from verb

  (e.g. I like swimming)

• A verb

  (e.g. I am swimming)

• An adjective formed from a verb

  (e.g. The swimming man)

• An adverb formed from a verb

  (e.g. It's going swimmingly)

Which of these sentences contains a participle?

• I studied after school.

• I am studying to improve my grades.

• I want to study to get into university.

• I work after school, studying in the library.

The participle is formed by removing -re from which part of the verb?

• Imperative

• Infinitive

• Present Tense

• Pluperfect Tense

Unlike main verbs, participles have what?

• Tense

• Person

• Number

• Case

Which of these is a participle?

• cantare

• cantat

• cantantes

• cantate

In the nominative form, present participles have which endings?

• -ns, -ntes

• -ex, -es

• -a, -ae

• -us, -i

Which of these participle agrees incorrectly with the noun?

• puella cantans

• mercator ridens

• domini trahentes

• canes latrans

Which sentence reads "The astrologer watching the stars shouted "Eureka!""?

• astrologus, qui spectabat stellas, "Eureka!" clamavit.

• astrologus, spectans stellas, "Eureka!" clamavit.

• astrologus, spectare stellas, "Eureka!" clamavit.

• astrologus, spectantes stellas, "Eureka!" clamavit.