PRESENT PARTICIPLES

Gerunds or present participles?We can use -ing forms (e.g. drinking, singing, smoking, running etc.) not only as verbs, but also like adjectives,adverbs or nouns.You are drinking too much these days. (Here the -ing form is part of the present continuous verb.)Barking dogs seldom[r]

http://www.ToLearnEnglish.com − Resources to learn/teach English (courses, games, grammar, daily page...)Present Participles> FormationThe present participle is formed by adding the ending "−−ing" to the infinitive (dropping any silent "e" at the end of the infinitive):to[r]

Present and past participlesWhen –ing forms are used to make continuous tense forms, they are called present participles. Note thatpresent participles are often confused with gerunds. Although both gerunds and present participles look alike,they have totally[r]

UNIT 4: PARTICIPLES AND PARTICIPLE CLAUSES(Phân từ và mệnh đề phân từ)1. Present participles (Hiện tại phân từ): V-ING− Ngụ ý chủ động (là tác nhân thực hiện hành động).The film is boring. It makes me bored.He’s an interesting teacher. He makes us interested.2. Past Participl[r]

describe ………………………………………………………………………………………I'm bored = I feel there is nothing that interests me at the moment.Many Adjectives formed from present participles -ING (e.g interesting)describe …………………………………………………………………………………………...i'm boring = I'm a very uninteresting person.COMPLETE THE FO[r]

Dangling participlesAdjectives and verbs ending in –ing are called present participles. They must be used carefully.Consider the following sentences:Standing at the gate, a scorpion stung the man.This sentence seems to suggest that it was the scorpion which stood at the gate. Actually,[r]

Gerund and present participleThe gerund and the present participle have identical forms. They are both formed from verbs and end in –ing.However, they have different uses. A gerund functions like a noun. It can do everything that a noun does. Aparticiple, on the other hand, functions l[r]

Modal Auxiliary Verbs and Principal Verbs – DifferencesThe special verbs can, could, may, might, will, would, shall, should, must, ought, dare and need are calledmodal auxiliary verbs.Modal auxiliary verbs have three main characteristics.1) They are never used alone.A modal auxiliary verb cannot be[r]

Sentence synthesisThere are very many ways to combine sentences. For example, we can use conjunctions or relative pronouns.Conjunctions merely connect two clauses. The relative pronoun also acts as the subject or object of the verb inthe relative clause.Participles and infinitives can also be[r]

Participles exerciseCorrect the following sentences.1. Being condemned to death, the scaffold was erected for his execution.2. Being a wet day, I wore my raincoat.3. Having failed in the first attempt, no further attempts were made.4. Being my sole companion, I easily took to him.5. Crossing[r]

English Participles Test 002Questions1.2.3.4.A worker on an exhausting job is an __________ worker.A.exhaustB.exhaustingC.to exhaustD.exhaustedThe dog, __________, will make a good watch dog.A.

•They have no –S in the 3rd person singular.•Questions, negatives, tags and short answers are made WITHOUT “DO”They don’t have infinitives or participles and they don’t normally havepast forms (though WOULD, COULD, SHOULD, and MIGHT cansometimes be used as the past tense of WILL, CAN, SHALL a[r]

GRAMMAR RELATIVE CLAUSES RELATIVE CLAUSES REPLACED BY REPLACED BY PARTICIPLES TRANG 11 TEACHING GRAMMAR REDUCTION FORM OF RELATIVE CLAUSES STUDY THESE EXAMPLES E.G.1 The man WHO SPOKE to[r]

- Prepare Reading / unit-----------------------UnitTHE CORRECTING 45–MINUTE-TESTLesson: 9-11Class: 11A1, 2, 3; 11C3, 5Date : 06/03/08Period : 75I. Aim: By the end of the lesson, the Ss will be able to :- Read and understand/ recognize the importance of saving sources of energy and using alternativee[r]