Participles
Def: A Participle is a form of verb working as both an adjective and a verb in the sentence. Participles are of three kinds: 1. Present Participle 2. Past Participle 3. Perfect Participle Present participle : A present participle exprecesses an action going on. It is formed by adding - 'ing' to verb in the sentence. When a participle works as an adjective , it qualifies the noun. In other words a present participle works both as a verb and an adjective. Examples: (a) A rolling stone gathers no moss.( rolling qualifies stone). (b) The hunter looked at the flying bird ( flying qualifies bird). (c) We saw him running ( running indicates that the action of the verb was going on).(d) The beauty of rising sun charms all ( rising qualifies sun). (e) Give me some writing paper ( writing indicates paper). (f) I found the boy standing ( standing qualifies the boy). Past Participle : It is the past participle form of verb. It works as a verb and an