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PART I
THE PARTICIPLE
The participle is a non-finite form of the verb which has a verbal and an adjectival
or an adverbial character. There are two participles in English — Participle I and Parti-
ciple II, traditionally called the Present Participle and the Past Participle.
Note:
These traditional terms are open to objection on the ground that Participle I
does not necessarily refer to the present just as well as Participle II does not always refer
to the past. The difference between them is not a difference in tense, but chiefly a
difference in voice.
Forms of Participle I
Active
Passive
Indefinite
writing
being written
Perfect
having written
having been written
Exercise 1. Insert the appropriate form of Participle I.
1. The street was full of people, ___ and ___ home. (to laugh, to go) 2. ___them, he
raised his coffee cup. (to watch) 3. ___ his hands and ___ a towel over his face, he
followed her down the stairs of the hushed house. (to wash, to pass) 4. ___ dinner,
Soames lighted the second of his two daily cigars, and took up the ear-pieces of the
wireless. (to finish) 5. They were, indeed, old friends, ___ at school together. (to be) 6.
―How do you like the film?‖ he asked, ___ towards me. (to turn) 7. Electronics has
become a major industry, ___ more than a million people. (to employ) 8. There he met
Walter Evans ___ in. (to come) 9. ___ at the window for a minute or two, he, all of a
sudden, cast a glance on her and darted away from the room. (to stand)
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