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Monday 3 October 2011
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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