Participles
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What is The Participles?
A Participle is a word which is partly a verb and partly an Adjective. Example.
- Hearing the noise, the boy woke up.
In the above example the word in bolds shows the characters of both a verb as well as an adjective thus it is a participle.
Participle can be further classified into three types:
1. Present Participle
Those participles which represent a going on, incomplete or imperfect action are known as present participles.
- We met a lady carrying a bucket full of water.
- Loudly knocking at the door, he shouted for the help.
In the above examples the words in bold represents present participle as they are expressing going on actions.
2. Past Participle
Those participles which represent a complete action or state of thing spoken of are known as past participles.
- Deceived by her husband, she lost all charm of life.
- We saw a lot of tree laden with mangoes.
In the above examples the words in bold represents past participle as they are showing completed actions.
3. Participle Adjective
Those participles which are used as simple qualifying adjectives in front of noun are called participle adjectives.
- He fought a losing battle.
- Literacy is the most pressing need of our country.
In the above examples the words in bold represents participle adjectives.
List of Participles
Present Participle |
Past Participle |
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Abiding |
Abode/Abided/Abidden |
Alighting |
Alit/Alighted |
Arising |
Arisen |
Awaking |
Awoken |
Being |
Been |
Bearing |
Born/Borne |
Beating |
Beaten |
Becoming |
Become |
Beginning |
Begun |
Beholding |
Beheld |
Bending |
Bent |
Betting |
Bet |
Bidding |
Bidden/ Bid |
Binding |
Bound |
Biting |
Bitten |
Bleeding |
Bled |
Blowing |
Blown |
Breaking |
Broken |
Breeding |
Bred |
Bringing |
Brought |
Broadcasting |
Broadcast/Broadcasted |
Building |
Built |
Burning |
Burnt/Burned |
Bursting |
Burst |
Busting |
Bust |
Buying |
Bought |
Casting |
Cast |
Catching |
Caught |
Choosing |
Chosen |
Clapping |
Clapped/Clapt |
Clinging |
Clung |
Clothing |
Clad/Clothed |
Coming |
Come |
Costing |
Cost |
Creeping |
Crept |
Cutting |
Cut |
Daring |
Dared |
Dealing |
Dealt |
Digging |
Dug |
Diving |
Dived |
Doing |
Done |
Drawing |
Drawn |
Dreaming |
Dreamt/Dreamed |
Drinking |
Drunk |
Driving |
Driven |
Dwelling |
Dwelt |
Eating |
Eaten |
Falling |
Fallen |
Feeding |
Fed |
Feeling |
Felt |
Fighting |
Fought |
Finding |
Found |
Fitting |
Fit/Fitted |
Fleeing |
Fled |
Flinging |
Flung |
Flying |
Flown |
Forbidding |
Forbidden |
Forecasting |
Forecast/Forecasted |
Foreseeing |
Foreseen |
Foretelling |
Foretold |
Forgetting |
Forgotten |
Forgiving |
Forgiven |
Forsaking |
Forsaken |
Freezing |
Frozen |
Frostbiting |
Frostbitten |
Getting |
Got/Gotten |
Giving |
Given |
Going |
Gone/Been |
Grinding |
Ground |
Growing |
Grown |
Handwriting |
Handwritten |
Hanging |
Hung/Hanged |
Having |
Had |
Hearing |
Heard |
Hiding |
Hidden |
Hitting |
Hit |
Holding |
Held |
Hurting |
Hurt |
Inlaying |
Inlaid |
Inputting |
Input/Inputted |
Interlaying |
Interlaid |
Keeping |
Kept |
Kneeling |
Knelt/Kneeled |
Knitting |
Knit/Knitted |
Knowing |
Known |
Laying |
Laid |
Leading |
Led |
Leaning |
Leant/Leaned |
Leaping |
Leapt/Leaped |
Learning |
Learnt/Learned |
Leaving |
Left |
Lending |
Lent |
Letting |
Let |
Lying |
Lain |
Lighting |
Lit |
Losing |
Lost |
Making |
Made |
Meaning |
Meant |
Meeting |
Met |
Melting |
Molten/Melted |
Misleading |
Misled |
Mistaking |
Mistaken |
Misunderstanding |
Misunderstood |
Mowing |
Mown |
Overdrawing |
Overdrawn |
Overhearing |
Overheard |
Overtaking |
Overtaken |
Paying |
Paid |
Presetting |
Preset |
Proving |
Proven/Proved |
Putting |
Put |
Quitting |
Quit |
Re-proving |
Re-proven/Re-proved |
Reading |
Read |
Ridding |
Rid/Ridded |
Riding |
Ridden |
Ringing |
Rung |
Rising |
Risen |
Riving |
Riven/Rived |
Running |
Run |
Sawing |
Sawn/Sawed |
Saying |
Said |
Seeing |
Seen |
Seeking |
Sought |
Selling |
Sold |
Sending |
Sent |
Setting |
Set |
Sewing |
Sewn/Sewed |
Shaking |
Shaken |
Shaving |
Shaven/Shaved |
Shearing |
Shorn/Sheared |
Shedding |
Shed |
Shining |
Shone |
Shoeing |
Shod |
Shooting |
Shot |
Showing |
Shown |
Shrinking |
Shrunk |
Shutting |
Shut |
Singing |
Sung |
Sinking |
Sunk |
Sitting |
Sat |
Slaying |
Slain |
Sleeping |
Slept |
Sliding |
Slid/Slidden |
Slinging |
Slunk |
Slitting |
Slit |
Smelling |
Smelt/Smelled |
Sneaking |
Sneaked/Snuck |
Soothsaying |
Soothsaid |
Sowing |
Sown |
Speaking |
Spoken |
Speeding |
Sped/Speeded |
Spelling |
Spelt/Spelled |
Spending |
Spent |
Spilling |
Spilt/Spilled |
Spinning |
Spun |
Spitting |
Spat/Spit |
Splitting |
Split |
Spoiling |
Spoilt/Spoiled |
Spreading |
Spread |
Springing |
Sprung |
Standing |
Stood |
Stealing |
Stolen |
Sticking |
Stuck |
Stinging |
Stung |
Stinking |
Stunk |
Striding |
Stridden |
Striking |
Struck/Stricken |
Stringing |
Strung |
Stripping |
Strip/Stripped |
Striving |
Striven |
Subletting |
Sublet |
Sunburning |
Sunburned/Sunburnt |
Swearing |
Sworn |
Sweating |
Sweat/Sweated |
Sweeping |
Swept/Sweeped |
Swelling |
Swollen |
Swimming |
Swum |
Swinging |
Swung |
Taking |
Taken |
Teaching |
Taught |
Tearing |
Torn |
Telling |
Told |
Thinking |
Thought |
Thriving |
Thriven/Thrived |
Throwing |
Thrown |
Thrusting |
Thrust |
Treading |
Trodden |
Undergoing |
Undergone |
Understanding |
Understood |
Undertaking |
Undertaken |
Upsetting |
Upset |
Vexing |
Vext/Vexed |
Waking |
Woken |
Wearing |
Worn |
Weaving |
Woven |
Wedding |
Wed/Wedded |
Weeping |
Wept |
Wending |
Wended/Went |
Wetting |
Wet/Wetted |
Winning |
Won |
Winding |
Wound |
Withdrawing |
Withdrawn |
Withholding |
Withheld |
Withstanding |
Withstood |
Wringing |
Wrung |
Writing |
Written |
Zincing |
Zinced |
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