A present participle by itself can't serve as the main verb of a sentence. For instance, "Sadie, tapping her cane to the music" is incomplete. In this example, "tapping" begins a present participial phrase that tells us something about the noun "Sadie. A verb in the present progressive aspect may itself serve as the predicate of a sentence: "Sadie is tapping her cane to the music. We could easily have a sentence that contains both a present participial phrase "tapping her cane to the music" and a main verb in the present progressive "is singing" :.
In this sentence, tapping is a present participle unaccompanied by a form of the verb "to be" while is singing a form of the verb "to be" plus a present participle serves as the main verb in the present progressive aspect. For each of the sentences below, decide if the -ing word is simply a present participle serving as an adjective or part of a present progressive construction.
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Participles are forms of verbs. In English there are two, the so-called Present participle , which always ends in -ing ; and the Past participle , which has various forms: most often -ed , but also -en , -t , and sometimes no ending. They have various uses, but can often be used in an adjectival sense, either on their own eg "the coming year" introducing a clause eg "A building infested with rats". Present continuous and Present or past Perfect are constructions which use these participles following a verb: most often be or have.
These are one of the ways in which the participles are used. So, if a present participle follows a form of the verb be , it is probably a continuous tense. There are occasional exceptions. For example He is demanding. If a past participle follows a form of the verb have , then it is always I think a perfect tense. Also note that a past participle can follow a form of be , and is usually passive in meaning: Their victory will be celebrated. Sign up to join this community.
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