The participle
1. Hearing the noise, the boy woke up.
2. I saw a girl carrying the basket.
Def. : A participle is that form of the verb which partake both as an adjective and a verb in a sentence.
Eg.
1. We met a girl carrying a basket.
2. The girl is carrying a basket.
Note : In sentence 1 carrying is working as adjective because it is qualifying noun (basket) and sentence 2 carrying is working as main verb of helping verb is. Hence they both are participle.
Kinds of participle
Participle are of 3 kinds
| Present participle |
V first form+ ing |
| Past participle |
V third form |
| Perfect participle |
Having + V third form |
Present participle :
1. A camle is running. (As verb)
2. He saw a running camle.( As adjective)
Past participle :
1. A tired man was sitting under a tree. (As adjective)
2. The work has tired me. ( As main verb)
Note : past participle is known as verb as third form of the ver.
Perfect participle:
1. Having taken breakfast, he went to the office.
2. Having failed twice, he did not dare to take the examination.
Note . Above both eg. are perfect participle.
