Present Participle

Present Participle is Ing-form that is used for omitting a part of sentence

Present Participle can be used in the following ways :

1.      As a part of continuous form of verb

Examples:

ü  I am working

ü  He was singing

ü  They have been walking

2.      As adjective

When we put participle before noun, it usually expresses some more permanent characteristic. It’s more like an adjective than a verb adjective

Examples:

ü  I have an interesting book

ü  My brother got an exciting trip in Australia

ü  I always tell the amusing story to my sister

ü  My father found terrifying accident

3.      After verbs of movement/position in the pattern: verb + present participle

Examples:

ü  She went shopping

ü  He lay looking up at the clouds

ü  She came running towards me

4.      A present participle can sometimes replace  relative pronoun+verb

Example

Relative Pronoun	Present Participle
ü  The student who is sitting next to me is Ritha	ü  The student sitting next to me is Ritha
ü  The student who does not need to join exam is Jack.	ü  The student not needing to join exam is Jack

5.      A present participle after special verbs

See	Listen	Feel	Watch	Find
Hear	Notice	Smell	Catch	Leave

Examples:

ü  I heard the baby crying ( I heard baby when baby was in the middle of crying)

ü  You smelt something burning ( You smelt something when it was in burning)