http://www.englishforums.com/English/BasicEnglishGrammarQuestions/Forum43.htmFor Basic English ONLY. Please post only <b><font color=red>easy</font></b> questions and answers here.enXMOD (Build: 3615.39139)http://www.englishforums.com/English/PresentParticiplePastParticiple-Tenses/2/vbqmd/Post.htm#608865Wed, 25 Feb 2009 02:45:52 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:608865Clive0http://www.englishforums.com/English/PresentParticiplePastParticiple-Tenses/2/vbqmd/Post.htm#608865http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments43-608865.xmlHi Sorry, but your colours do not seem to show in your post. Your English profesor sounds like he has good ideas, so be careful to listen to him. In Horatio catches sight of King Hamlet’s ghost, wondering that such things should be, in terms of grammar do you think it is Horatio or the ghost who is doing the wondering? Best wishes, Clivehttp://www.englishforums.com/English/PresentParticiplePastParticiple-Tenses/2/vbqmd/Post.htm#608707Mon, 25 May 2009 01:45:52 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:608707Anonymous1http://www.englishforums.com/English/PresentParticiplePastParticiple-Tenses/2/vbqmd/Post.htm#608707http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments43-608707.xmlhi, My english professor, distined to make us great speakers in the future, is teaching us about present and past participle sentences. He says, writing in these two types of sentences along with other clauses and modifiers that we are learning, will make you sound very intellegent if you use them in formal writings, essays and other formal speeches. So, there you have it. i will provide some examples and i gaurantee you will learn it in no time.. ►Past participle phrase=Cyan Sam is like a lion on the football field, feared by the defensive line . Humans need love, nourished and encouraged by the affection and charity of their fellow travelers to the grave . We are pilgrims in this life, called from fairyland to...http://www.englishforums.com/English/PresentParticiplePastParticiple-Tenses/vbqmd/post.htm#594273Wed, 25 Mar 2009 02:45:52 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:594273Anonymous2http://www.englishforums.com/English/PresentParticiplePastParticiple-Tenses/vbqmd/post.htm#594273http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments43-594273.xmlPresent participles is just the ing form of the ver. And participles are part of verbals. In the english Language there are three verbals. The gerunds, the infinitives and the PARTICIPLES. THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF PARTICIPLES 1. PAST PARTICIPLES AND 2. PRESENT PARTISIPLES THE PAST PARTICIPLE ENDS IN D, ED, N,EN AND T AND the Present perticiples end in ing Participles modify nouns and pronouns which means that they are describing nouns and pronouns and in grammar, participles function as an adjective and not a verb. Most of the adjectives we use in the english language are mostly PARTICIPLES. example. The crying baby had a wet diaper. In this example that i gave.. the word crying is not a verb but a present participle. WHY? because it...http://www.englishforums.com/English/PresentParticiplePastParticiple-Tenses/vbqmd/post.htm#426782Sat, 25 Apr 2009 01:45:52 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:426782Anonymous3http://www.englishforums.com/English/PresentParticiplePastParticiple-Tenses/vbqmd/post.htm#426782http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments43-426782.xmlPresent Participle and Past Participle are not tenses. Tenses tell when an action occured. Participles are forms of the verb. These forms can be used with other words to make a tense. The four forms of a verb are the infinitive (to walk), the present participle (walking), the past (walked), and the past participle (have walked). With some verbs the past and past participle are the same; with some verbs they are different. (to go, going, went, have gone) The present participle is used to form progressive tenses. The past participle is used to form perfect tenses. If that is not confusing enough, they can also both be used as adjectives. I hope this helps.http://www.englishforums.com/English/PresentParticiplePastParticiple-Tenses/vbqmd/post.htm#344431Sat, 25 Apr 2009 01:45:52 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:344431Clive4http://www.englishforums.com/English/PresentParticiplePastParticiple-Tenses/vbqmd/post.htm#344431http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments43-344431.xmlHi, I had been wrote english, I had been gone near to his Theses are wrong. I think you need to read about the whole topic of Past Perfect in your grammar book. Best wishes, Clivehttp://www.englishforums.com/English/PresentParticiplePastParticiple-Tenses/vbqmd/post.htm#344424Wed, 25 Mar 2009 02:45:52 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:344424Anonymous5http://www.englishforums.com/English/PresentParticiplePastParticiple-Tenses/vbqmd/post.htm#344424http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments43-344424.xmlYes, I can be use had been, I had been wrote english, I had been gone near to his,but he had been met in his house,http://www.englishforums.com/English/PresentParticiplePastParticiple-Tenses/vbqmd/post.htm#344274Sat, 25 Apr 2009 01:45:52 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:344274Tanglish6http://www.englishforums.com/English/PresentParticiplePastParticiple-Tenses/vbqmd/post.htm#344274http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments43-344274.xmlHi!! Thanks a lot.. actually I always confused " have been","had been " usage in grammer. Now I know something ant "have been". Could you tell me when we have to use " had been "??? Thanks again...http://www.englishforums.com/English/PresentParticiplePastParticiple-Tenses/vbqmd/post.htm#343920Wed, 25 Mar 2009 02:45:52 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:343920User_gary7http://www.englishforums.com/English/PresentParticiplePastParticiple-Tenses/vbqmd/post.htm#343920http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments43-343920.xmlTanglish wrote: Hi all, I can easily indentified the present, past , future tenses, but I don't know anything about Present Participle and Past Participle Tenses. Could anyone explain me with example and when I have to use that tenses???? Thanks!!!! Here is some basics that might help you. Verb has four forms : prsent simple : Break, hold, make, drink, write Past simple: Broke, held, made, drank, wrote Past participle: broken, held, made, drunk, written Present participle: breaking, holding, making, drinking, writing. Note : sometimes `simple past' and `past participle' has same forms. e.g. held-held, made-made. As I told you above, Present participle is `ing' form of verbs. Present...http://www.englishforums.com/English/PresentParticiplePastParticiple-Tenses/vbqmd/post.htm#343873Wed, 25 Mar 2009 02:45:52 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:343873Clive8http://www.englishforums.com/English/PresentParticiplePastParticiple-Tenses/vbqmd/post.htm#343873http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments43-343873.xmlHi, Are you thinking about what are called the Present Perfect and Past Perfect tenses? eg Mary has cooked dinner. Mary had cooked dinner. Best wishes, Clivehttp://www.englishforums.com/English/PresentParticiplePastParticiple-Tenses/vbqmd/post.htm#343840Wed, 25 Feb 2009 02:45:52 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:343840Lrk20069http://www.englishforums.com/English/PresentParticiplePastParticiple-Tenses/vbqmd/post.htm#343840http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments43-343840.xmlare these the tenses!! if i'm not wrong, these are the forms of verbs.http://www.englishforums.com/English/PresentParticiplePastParticiple-Tenses/vbqmd/post.htmWed, 25 Mar 2009 02:45:52 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:343828Tanglish10http://www.englishforums.com/English/PresentParticiplePastParticiple-Tenses/vbqmd/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments43-343828.xmlHi all, I can easily indentified the present, past , future tenses, but I don't know anything about Present Participle and Past Participle Tenses. Could anyone explain me with example and when I have to use that tenses???? Thanks!!!!