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present participle

NOUN
  1. a participle expressing present action; in English is formed by adding -ing

How To Use present participle In A Sentence

  • Personally, I like the sound of that: an active process, implied by the present participle, or indeed by the gerundive. Archive 2007-02-01
  • The teacher will question us on the use of present participles tomorrow.
  • The teacher will question us on the use of present participles tomorrow.
  • Remember that a gerund is a present participle of a verb (the - ing form) that is being treated like a noun: 2008 February « Motivated Grammar
  • The teacher will question us on the use of present participles tomorrow.
  • The present participle is often used passively.
  • Verb to pettifog (third-person singular simple present pettifogs, present participle pettifogging, simple past and past participle pettifogged) 8500 was just a number I picked out of thin air. Hazel8500
  • To shift the discussion just a bit, whether or not we say present participles and gerunds should be differentiated as distinct parts of speech, it still seems to me that except for in cases of a present participle in the slot of attributive adjective (ex/The steering wheel of my car is blue) gerunds and present participles take objects (I like driving my car). G is for Gerund « An A-Z of ELT
  • The teacher will question us on the use of present participles tomorrow.
  • It is part art, part emotion, part inspiration, and part active present participle.
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