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Foreword: To the Student and Parent/Teacher
Introduction: To Those Grammarians Among Us
Instructions: How to Complete the Lessons
Module 1: Word and Phrase Patterns
Module 2: Clause Patterns
Module 3: Verb Tense and Verbal Patterns
Lesson 3-1: Present Tense Verbs
Lesson 3-2: Present Tense Verbs (Continued)
Lesson 3-3: Intensifying The Present Tense
Lesson 3-4: The Present Participle as Verbal
Lesson 3-5: The Present Participle as Verb and Verbal
Lesson 3-6: The Present Participle as Verb and Verbal (Continued)
Lesson 3-7: Remembering The Prepositional Phrase
Lesson 3-8: The Present Participial Phrase
Lesson 3-9: The Present Participial Phrase (Continued)
Lesson 3-10: The Gerund as a Verbal
Lesson 3-11: The Gerund versus The Present Participle
Lesson 3-12: The Gerundial Phrase
Lesson 3-13: The Gerundial Phrase versus The Participial Phrase
Lesson 3-14: The Gerundial Phrase versus The Participial Phrase (Continued)
Lesson 3-15: Phrases: Verb versus Gerundial versus Participial
Lesson 3-16: Phrases: Verb versus Gerundial versus Participial (Continued)
Quiz 3-17: Cumulative Review
Lesson 3-18: The Present Infinitive as Verbal
Lesson 3-19: The Infinitive Phrase as Verbal
Lesson 3-20: The Infinitive Phrase as Verbal (Continued)
Lesson 3-21: Identification of Verbals
Lesson 3-22: Identification of Verbals (Continued)
Quiz 3-23: Cumulative Review
Lesson 3-24: Splitting the Infinitive
Lesson 3-25: Forming the Future Tense
Lesson 3-26: Past Tense Verbs
Lesson 3-27: Regular and Irregular Verbs
Lesson 3-28: Past Tense versus Past Participle
Lesson 3-29: Present Participle versus Past Participle
Lesson 3-30: Irregular Verbs
Lesson 3-31: Irregular Verbs (Continued)
Lesson 3-32: Irregular Verbs (Continued)
Quiz 3-33: Cumulative Review
Lesson 3-34: The Past Participle as Verbal
Lesson 3-35: The Past Participle as Verbal (Continued)
Lesson 3-36: Past Participle versus Present Participle
Lesson 3-37: Past Participle versus Present Participle (Continued)
Lesson 3-38: The Past Infinitive as Verbal
Lesson 3-39: Past Infinitive versus Present Infinitive
Lesson 3-40: Identification of Verbals
Lesson 3-41: Identification of Verbals (Continued)
Lesson 3-42: Identification of Verbals (Continued)
Lesson 3-43: Wishing For the Future Perfect
Quiz 3-44: Cumulative Review
Exercise 3-45: Module 3 Self-Test
Module 4: Verb Forms and Sentence Patterns
Module 5: Punctuation and Capitalization
Module 6: Supplement - Troublesome Words
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English Grammar
P
resent Participle versus Past Participle
Lesson 3-29
Comments:
Prompt:
The present and past participle of any verb will always come with helping verbs when they are used as a verb in a sentence. These verb phrases show many different verb tenses.
Directions:
A present participle or past participle verb form is used in each sentence below. Do the following: 1) click to select the verb phrase in each sentence, and 2) click to select below whether the verb phrase in the prior sentence is formed from the present participle or past participle.
1.
We
are
studying
the
patterns
of
verbs
in
Modern
English
.
2.
(
present participle
) (
past participle
)
3.
We
have
found
a
consistent
pattern
.
4.
(
present participle
) (
past participle
)
5.
Helping
verbs
have
been
used
with
the
participle
form
.
6.
(
present participle
) (
past participle
)
7.
We
now
are
beginning
to
understand
this
relationship
.
8.
(
present participle
) (
past participle
)
9.
We
have
been
trying
our
best
.
10.
(
present participle
) (
past participle
)
11.
I
should
have
completed
this
exercise
.
12.
(
present participle
) (
past participle
)
13.
Many
verb
tenses
are
being
represented
.
14.
(
present participle
) (
past participle
)
15.
I
will
be
reading
for
hours
.
16.
(
present participle
) (
past participle
)
17.
A
participle
may
be
written
as
a
verbal
adjective
.
18.
(
present participle
) (
past participle
)
19.
By
3:00 P.M.
,
I
will
have
driven
500
miles
.
20.
(
present participle
) (
past participle
)