Tagged: participle

Present And Past Participle

Present participle The verb form ending in –ing. The present participle combines with the auxiliary be to form the progressive verb forms. She was crying. Alice was knitting. It can also occur in a...

Dangling Participle

A participle which does not have a subject in the sentence is called a dangling participle or hanging participle. For example, in Driving down the road, a deer leapt out in front of me,...