Progressive/ Continuous tense |
He is reading a book. |
He was reading a book. | |
Gerund | Reading books is fun. |
He likes reading books. | |
Participle | Look at the reading boy. |
He came reading around the corner. | |
He sat reading in the corner. | |
I saw him reading. | |
PAST PARTICIPLE
The present participle is often used when we want to express a passive action.
In English we add -ed to the infinitive of regular verbs. We use the 3rd column of the table of the irregular verbs.
Use of the past participle
Perfect tenses | He has forgotten the pencil. |
He had forgotten the pencil. | |
Passive voice | A house is built. |
A house was built. | |
Participle | Look at the washed car. |
The car washed yesterday is blue. | |
He had his car washed. |
Progressive/ Continuous tense |
He is reading a book. |
He was reading a book. | |
Gerund | Reading books is fun. |
He likes reading books. | |
Participle | Look at the reading boy. |
He came reading around the corner. | |
He sat reading in the corner. | |
I saw him reading. | |
PAST PARTICIPLE
The present participle is often used when we want to express a passive action.
In English we add -ed to the infinitive of regular verbs. We use the 3rd column of the table of the irregular verbs.
Use of the past participle
Perfect tenses | He has forgotten the pencil. |
He had forgotten the pencil. | |
Passive voice | A house is built. |
A house was built. | |
Participle | Look at the washed car. |
The car washed yesterday is blue. | |
He had his car washed. |