Sunday, January 6, 2013

Participles, Participle constructions


Use
1
to shorten relative clauses
2
to make one sentence out of two
3
after verbs of "perception" (e.g. see, watch, hear, listen to, smell, feel)
4
after verbs of "rest" and "movement" (e.g. run, go, come, stay, stand, lie, sit)
5
after the verb have
6
instead of a subordinate clause
Form
present participle
an exciting race

past participle
excited people
Examples
1
The cars which are produced in Japan are nice.
The cars produced in Japan are nice.
2
I saw the man. He came to the shop.
I saw the man coming to the shop.
3
I saw the car coming round the corner.
4
The girl sat sleeping on the sofa.
5
I have my clothes washed.
6
When they went to Texas they expected a better job.
Going to Texas they expected a better job.

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