Present Participle

BAHASA INGGRIS 2

Refky Ahmad Fauzi 

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WHAT IS A PARTICIPLE?

A participle is a verbal that is used as an adjective. A verbal is a word that is based on a verb but

does not act as a verb. A participle is used to modify either a noun or a pronoun. For example:

The barking dog wanted to come inside. Here the participle barking

modifies the dog.

A present participle is the –ing form of a verb when it is used as an adjective. Note: a present participle is different from a gerund, which is the –ing form of a verb when it is used as a noun.

The approaching deadline hung over the heads of all the people in the office.

 Here, approaching is an adjective that is used to describe the deadline.

The leaping flames from the burning building presented the firefighters with the responsibility of protecting other nearby buildings from the growing fire.

Here, leaping, burning, and growing are verbals used as adjectives to describe a noun (flames, building, and fire respectively) in the sentence, thereby qualifying them as present participles. Although it ends in –ing, protecting is not a partici -ple because it is acting as a noun in the sentence (object of the preposition), thereby qualifying it as a gerund.

Example present participle :

1.      Who has shing hair?

2.      My friend shows me his astonishing motorcycle.

3.      This flight offers a fascinating journey.

4.      Do you know about developing country?

5.      She is smelling blooming flowers.

6.      That man promises me promising future.

7.      Autumn is often signed by falling leaves.

8.      Boiling water is hot.

Source : https://www.monmouth.edu/resources-for-writers/documents/participles.pdf/