Exercise 1. Pick out the participle in each sentence:
1. A rolling stone gathers no moss.
Ans: rolling
2. They went away laughing.
Ans: laughing
3. The failed student began to weep.
Ans: failed
4. The withered flowers were thrown away.
Ans: withered
5. May God grant peace to the departed soul.
Ans: departed
6. All living creatures breathe in air.
Ans: living
7. The mother caressed the weeping child.
Ans: weeping
8. A burnt child dreads the fire.
Ans: burnt
9. Kane is a promising lad.
Ans: promising
10. The master found the servant sleeping.
Ans: sleeping
11. The loaded gun went off by itself.
Ans: loaded
12. The car dashed into the winding road.
Ans: winding
13. The minister read the written report.
Ans: written
14. It is difficult to see in the dazzling light.
Ans: dazzling
15. The lumbermen cut the fallen tree into logs.
Ans: fallen
16. His mother is lying on her dying bed.
Ans: dying
17. Hearing the noise, the boy woke up.
Ans: hearing
18. We met a girl carrying a basket of flowers.
Ans: carrying
19. The wounded woman was taken to the hospital.
Ans: wounded
Exercise 2. Each sentence has a participle printed in italics. Say whether it is the present participle or the past participle:
1. I saw him stealing a ring.
Ans: stealing - present participle
2. Steam was coming out of the boiling water.
Ans: boiling - present participle
3. His broken leg was cut off.
Ans: broken - past participle
4. These were the last words of the dying man.
Ans: dying - present participle
5. The stolen ornaments are with the thief.
Ans: stolen - past participle
6. The tiring journey has broken my limbs.
Ans: tiring - present participle
7. The teacher found the pupil dozing.
Ans: dozing - present participle
8. A farewell party was given to the outgoing class.
Ans: outgoing - present participle
9. It is bad to kiss a sleeping child.
Ans: sleeping - present participle
10. His brother has found the stolen money.
Ans: stolen - past participle
Exercise 3.
(a) What is a participle ?
Ans: A participle is a word that is partly a verb and partly an adjective.
(b) In what form does the present participle occur?
Ans: A verb plus ing participle is called Present Participle.
(c) In what form does the past participle occur?
Ans: A third form participle is called Past Participle.
(d) Is it correct to say that a participle is a word with a double character?
Ans: Yes.
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