I think all the passive tenses use the past participle, but I'm a little foggy right now. Yes, the verb 'to be' followed by the past participle is passive construction (the subject can follow in the form of a preposition, 'by'

His shoes were being shined by a machine. "Shined" is the past participle. (passive voice) I use the continuous to avoid the " to be + past participle " controversy. So you would write it thus: A machine was shinning his

Woopsey, of course it is an infinitive. The past participle "seen" is used in forming the present tense, passive voice Is this the case with all verbs (the past participle is used only for present tense, passive voice)? That's what

I have recently learned that the past participle is used for the passive voice, while the present participle is used for the active voice. Many are trying to say that this sentence is grammatical: "I see them glisten a little, illuminated by

Hi, Goodman. In regards to your idea of replacing the gernd with a noun, I had thught of that, but I was unsure whether it was full proof or not. Thanks for letting me know that this is a good test! I didn't want his getting in the way of

After reading your posts, I see that you believe either case is correct, and you put forth a strong argument. If I were to use the possessive case with gerunds, however, I firstly need to know if a verbal in a sentence is in fact a gerund or a

Hi, how can I tell if this is a gerund or a participle? Knowing which verbal this is helps me determine the case of the pronoun: objective or possessive. The indication for my progress in regards to time management comes from my completing tasks

I did not write these sentences. These sentences were provided on English sites as examples discussing pariticples and their uses. If you disagree with their form even though credible sites use them as examples, then I don't know what to think

Feeling scared , he backed away from the barking d og . - Some would call this adjectival but I am sure other would call it adverbial. It's all in the label. As long as we know how to use it properly, that's all that matters. I

Hi, Goodman Thanks for that! I think you and I are on the same wavelength, which is hard to be sometimes in English! What do you think about these ones, using the same terms as above? Below, it appears that the two ing phrases could possible be