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Unit Three
. THE PARTICIPLE I, II
The Participle is a non-finite form which has certain verbal
features and
the syntactical functions of adjectival or adverbial character.
There are two participles in the English language —
Participle I and
Participle II. They are also called the present
and the past participles
though they differ in voice rather than in tense.
The Participle I
Forms of the Participle I
Participle I is formed by adding the suffix
–ing to the stem of the verb.
It has tense and voice distinctions.
Objective verbs have four forms of Participle I:
Active
Passive
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