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CANKAYA UNIVERSITY OFFICE OF BASIC AND ELECTIVE COURSES -ENGLISH UNIT-. GRAMMAR PRESENTATION FOR ENG 206 COURSE WEEK 2. PARTICIPLES. A participle is a word formed from a verb that can function as part of a verb phrase or independently as an adjective .
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CANKAYA UNIVERSITY OFFICE OF BASIC AND ELECTIVE COURSES-ENGLISH UNIT- GRAMMAR PRESENTATION FOR ENG 206 COURSE WEEK 2
PARTICIPLES A participle is a word formed from a verb that can function as part of a verb phraseorindependentlyas an adjective. Thereare 3 forms of participle: PresentParticiple (Ving) PerfectParticiple (having V3) PastParticiple (V3)
PRESENT PARTICIPLE- (Ving) • It is usedwhentwoactionshappen at thesame time: I atesandwich, and I looked at thewindows. Eatingsandwich, I looked at thewindows. • Thereason-resultconnectors (as, since, for, so , nowthat) areomitted: Because I am a teacher, I shouldknow it. Being a teacher, I shouldknow it.
who/which/that + BE can be omitted: Thegirlwho is sittingthere is Ayşe. Thegirlsittingthere is Ayşe. • who/which/that+ VERB-ing Thebookwhichcontainspictures is interesting. Thebookcontainingpictures is interesting.
PERFECT PARTICIPLE-(HAVING V3) • It is usedwhenthere is a time gapbetweenthetwoactionsorstates: After he had done theshopping, he wenthome. Having done theshopping, he wenthome. Having improvedher English,Pia's promotion prospects were much better.
PAST PARTICIPLE-(V3) • It is mostlyusedinstead of passiveconstructions. When it is viewedfrom a distance, thethreelookssmall. Viewedfroma distance, thethreelookssmall. The budget which had been discussed in our previous meetingwas still on the agenda yesterday. The budget discussed in our previous meeting was still on the agenda yesterday.