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Participles

Verbs upper_intermediate hard

Present (-ing) and past (-ed/-en) participles.

Verbs — Verb forms, modals and non-finite verbs.

Rules

1. Present participle: verb-ing — running water, a smiling child. 2. Past participle: broken, written, gone — a broken chair. 3. Used in perfect tenses (have written), passive voice (was written), adjectives (an exciting film). 4. Participial phrases: Walking home, I met a friend. 5. Dangling participle (wrong): Walking home, the rain started — fix by naming the subject.

Explanation

The -ing form as an adjective describes the thing that causes the feeling (an interesting book); the -ed form describes the feeling (I am interested).

हिंदी में

कृदंत (participle) — verb-ing और क्रिया का तीसरा रूप। ये विशेषण की तरह और perfect/passive बनाने में प्रयोग होते हैं।

Examples

It was an exciting match. — यह एक रोमांचक मैच था।
Walking home, I met my friend. — घर चलते हुए मैं अपने दोस्त से मिला।

Common Mistakes

{"mistake":"I am very interesting in cricket.","correction":"I am very interested in cricket.","note":"-ed for feelings, -ing for causes."}

Practice Questions

Q1. Which sentence contains an error?

The broken window needs repair.
The crying child was comforted.
She is interesting in history.
The written test was easy.

Answer: She is interesting in history.

💡 Feeling → "She is interested in history".

Q2. ___ by the noise, the baby woke up.

Disturbed
Disturbing
Disturb
Disturbs

Answer: Disturbed

💡 Past participle (disturbed) in a participial phrase.

Q3. The ___ boy is my cousin.

smiling
smile
smiled
smiles

Answer: smiling

💡 Present participle (smiling) acts as an adjective.

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Related Topics in Verbs

Topic	Level	What it covers
Main & Helping Verbs	elementary	Main verbs carry meaning; helping verbs build tenses and questions.
Main Verbs	elementary	The main verb carries the core meaning of the verb phrase.
Helping Verbs	elementary	Helpers (be, have, do, will, can…) build tenses, questions and negatives.
Modal Verbs	intermediate	Can, could, may, might, must, shall, should, will, would — ability, permission, obligation, possibility.
Finite & Non-finite Verbs	upper_intermediate	Finite verbs show tense and agree with the subject; non-finite verbs do not.
Finite Verbs	upper_intermediate	Finite verbs show tense and agree with the subject.

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