Participles

1. PARTICIPLES

2. PARTICIPLES

AS ADJECTIVES:
Verb+ING (active)
e.g. screaming children
(they are doing it
themselves)
Verb+ED OR 3RD
FORM (passive)
e.g. stolen jewellery
(was done by
someone)
PARTICIPLE
CLAUSES:
e.g. Feeling tired
(participle clause +
active), I went to bed
(the main clause).
e.g. The man injured
in the accident
(participle clause +
passive) was taken to
hospital.

3. PARTICIPLE CLAUSES

1) The man injured
in the accident
(participle clause
+ passive) was
taken to hospital.
2) Feeling tired
(participle clause
+ active), I went
to bed (the main
clause).

4.

HAVING +3rd FORM OF THE VERB
e.g. Having found (participle clause + the action
happened before another action) a hotel, they
looked for somewhere to have dinner.
e.g. Having finished our work, we went home.
AFTER
e.g. After finishing our work, we went home.
WHILE/WHEN
e.g. Jim hurt his arm while playing tennis.
(while he was playing)

5. Choose the correct option.

1.
2.
3.
4.
Some kids discovered the stolen
money hiding/hidden in a garden.
The police on this motorway are busy
fining/fined people for speeding.
I have often met people
collecting/collected shells on the
beach.
Drivers fining/fined for speeding risk
losing their licences.

6. From each pair of sentences make one sentence using an -ing clause.

e.g.She was sitting in an armchair.
She was reading a book.
She was sitting in an armchair
reading a book.
1. Jill was lying on the bed. She was
crying.
2. I got home. I was feeling very
tired.
3. Ann was watching television. She
fell asleep.

7.

4. The man slipped. He was
getting off the bus.
5. The boy was crossing the
road. He was knocked over.
6. The old man was walking
along the street. He was
talking to himself.
7. The fireman was overcome by
smoke. He was trying to put
out the fire.

8. Make sentences by using HAVING.....

e.g. We finished our work. We went
home.
Having finished our work, we went
home.
1. We bought our tickets. Then we went
into the theatre.
2. They had dinner. Then they continued
on their journey.
3. Sue did all her shopping. Then she
went for a cup of coffee.