gramma questions

[chrissum]

who can tell me how to differentiate the presnet participle and past participle. i need some simple ways.

 

[ahm4me]

PRESENT PARTICIPLE

Present participle is a form of a verb which usually ends in '-ing' and comes after another verb to show continuous action. It is used to form the present continuous tense:

Example:
The children are watching television
The weather is getting colder
I heard him singing

Note: In these sentences “watching”, “getting” and “singing” are present participles.

PAST PARTICIPLE

While past participle is the form of a verb, that ends in -ed, -en, etc. and is used:

With the verb have to form PERFECT tenses

Example:
I have eaten,

with the verb be to form PASSIVE sentences

Example:
It was destroyed

Sometimes as an adjective

Example:
Biased report
Charged issue

Regards,
Ahmed.

 

[chrissum]

PRESENT PARTICIPLE

Present participle is a form of a verb which usually ends in '-ing' and comes after another verb to show continuous action. It is used to form the present continuous tense:

Example:
The children are watching television
The weather is getting colder
I heard him singing

Note: In these sentences “watching”, “getting” and “singing” are present participles.

PAST PARTICIPLE

While past participle is the form of a verb, that ends in -ed, -en, etc. and is used:

With the verb have to form PERFECT tenses

Example:
I have eaten,

with the verb be to form PASSIVE sentences

Example:
It was destroyed

Sometimes as an adjective

Example:
Biased report
Charged issue

Regards,
Ahmed.

Maybe my wording wasn't clear. i want to know under what situation i should use present participle, and when i should use past participle.thank you all the same.

 

[Anglika]

Essentially, the present participle indicates continuing action while the past participle indicates completed action.