Well, in this blog I will tell you about Participle II and how to use it.
The Participle is a part of speech combining the features of a verb and an adjective/adverb. In English there is Participle I and Participle II and their functions in a sentence are different. In my previous blog I told about Participle I.
Now, about Pariciple II. Contrary to Participle I used as a modifier of time or action, Pariciple II is used as an adjective, i.e., an attribute of a noun.
It has the following forms:
| The Active Voice | The Passive Voice |
Present | seeing | being seen |
Past | ------ | seen |
The present active and the past passive forms can be used before a noun:
I couldn’t go to sleep because of a crying baby (a baby who was crying).
A stolen car hasn’t been found, yet. (A car that was stolen hasn’t been found)
The present passive form as well as two others followed by some words and called a participle phrase should be used after a noun:
The film showed on TV yesterday was great. (The film that was showed on TV yesterday was great)
The warmth being felt was coming from the heaters hidden in the walls. (The warmth that was being felt was coming from the heaters hidden in the walls).
I saw a boy eating an ice cream. (I saw a boy who was eating an ice cream).
I'd like to add we can't usually replace such participles with clauses. I have done it just to explain how to use them and what they mean.
So, I will ask you to write some short stories within 200 word limit using all forms of the patriciple. You can also write some separate sentences. It depends on your desire and fantasy.
I will be thankful for your posting the replies here, OK?
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Dear Peppo, it is a good story. You have used the participle II correctly. There are some other mistakes and, of course, you can ask about my corrections. Well-done, thank you!
A ringing alarm clock can barely wake me up. But that night I suddenly woke up because of its ping. My right hand reached the phone, its light blinded me for a second before I read the message, there was written a word ‘Call’. The missing boyfriend __ returned, at 1 am. I sleepily wrote back “It’s late”. I noticed all my family had fallen asleep, I could even hear the tickling clock. It started again
“I want to talk”
“Me too, but it’s very late. My voice will awake my nephews”
“Come outside”
I tried to stand up but the battery indicator stopped me, 3% remained.
“If I had known you were going to call tonight, I would have charged my phone before sleep”
“Ok, sweet dreams!”
Yeah, didn’t he know I saw him cheating with another girl, in my dream?.
“You dumped me, you got a new girlfriend”
He sent a picture, it showed his silly annoying face. I chuckled. I was being missed, wasn’t I?
“Call tomorrow” I typed.
“Not possible”
“Why”
“Working”
I couldn’t recall what happened after that. In the morning, I found no conversation at all on my messenger. The picture being seen that night ___ existed only in my dream.
I know it's late but please check my entry^^
A ringing alarm phone barely can wake me up. But that night I suddenly woke up becase of a ping. My right hand reached the phone, its light blinded me for a secon before I read the message, it was written a word ‘Call’. The missing boyfriend was come back, at 1 am. Sleepily, I wrote back “It’s late”. I noticed all my family has fallen asleep, I could even hear the tickling clock. It came again
“I want to talk”
“Me too, but it’s very late. My voice will awake my nephews”
“Come outside”
I tried to stand up but the battery indicator stopped me, 3% remained.
“If I knew you will call tonight, I would charge my phone before sleep”
“Ok, sweet dream”
Yeah, didn’t he know I saw him cheating with other girl, in my dream.
“You dumped me, you got a new girl friend”
He sent a picture, it showed his silly anoyying face. I chuckled. I was being missed, wasn’t I?
“Call tomorrow” I typed.
“Not possible”
“Why”
“Working”
I couldn’t recall what happened after that. In the morning, I found no conversation at all on my messenger. The picture being seen that night was just existed in my dream.
Thank you in advance
Oh,, I see. That's why I'm confused cos I use both participle at once. :D
Hurrayy!!! Correct mistake!!! :))))))
Dear Onee, it is not the same as my previous blog. Pariciple I and Participle II are different. In your passage you used both participles and now you know how to use them correctly. I will not delete this blog. Let it be here. Reading all your winter tales I found out that many people can't use participles correctly or don't use them at all replacing with the clauses. And it is not good, especially when you write a story. Nonfinite verbs help us make our stories well-readable.
However, I am posting the blog "Find and correct the mistake" for you not to be bored! Hahaha!
What about Find Correct Mistake? :))))))))
I really miss that. :( But, if I may suggest. Only 10 intermediate questions. :D :D
My dear teacher,
This is the same blog as before.... :(