a participle with past, perfect, or passive meaning, asfallen, sung,ordefeated, used in English and other languages in forming the present perfect, past perfect, and passive and as an adjective. [1790–1800] Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Co...
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If you’re a grammar pro, you know thatverbsare one of the major types of words that we use in our sentences and clauses. Verbs are interesting words that describe actions or states of beings. As cool as verbs are, we aren’t going to discuss them right now. No, instead we are go...
In formal (usually written) English, participle phrases can have a subject which is not the same as the subject of the main clause.Horns locked, the two stags struggle for mastery. I crouched in the alleyway, my eyes straining in the darkness....
Lesson 57 Can I help you, madam? GRAMMAR SHEET 分词作状语分词作状语Ⅱ(复习时间状语、原因状语、结果状语)–ing clause (Exercise 1) -ing -ed clause (Exercise 2) -Having… (Exercise 3) Read sentences with –ing and Not ing clause(Exercise 4) participle clauses with an adverbial meaning We...
Non-finiteclauses Group7 Participleclause participialclauses=adverbialclauses Participialclausesoftenexpresscondition, reason,cause,resultortime. EX: Havingtakenthewrongtrain,Ifoundmyself inBath,notBristol. (BecauseIhadtakenthewrongtrain,I foundmyselfinBath,notBristol.) PresentParticiple-continuousandactive...
C’est en travaillant trop qu’on s’épuise. It’s by working too much that people get worn out. 3) Who / That The gerund can sometimes be used instead of a relative clause. Par exemple… les voyageurs venant de l’Europe (les voyageurs qui viennent de l’Europe) travelers coming...
Perfect participlesare used to describe something that occurred before the action described in the main clause. They’re formed by combining the present participle of the verb “have” (i.e., “having”) with a past participle. Examples: Perfect participles ...
1. Seen from the hill, the park looks very beautiful. = When / If the park is seen from the hill… 2. When heated, water can be changed into steam. = When it is heated… ㈡ 表示条件 Kept in the refrigerator, these vegetables will remain fresh. = If they are kept in the refriger...
participial clauses = adverbial clauses In general, we tend not to use participle clauses so much in speech. They are too formal. In speech we would probably say: – I saw an accident ahead, so I stopped my car. However, in written English participial cl