present participle
noun[C]
uk/ˌprez.ənt pɑː ˈtɪs.ɪ.pəl/us/ˌprez.ənt ˈpɑːr.tɪ.sɪ.pəl/aformof averbthat inEnglishendsin-ingand comes after anotherverbto showcontinuousaction. It is used toformthepresentcontinuous:
现在分词In thesentences"Thechildrenarewatchingtelevision", "Theweatheris gettingcolder", and "Iheardhimsinging", "watching", "getting", and "singing" arepresentparticiples.在句子 The children are watching television, The weather is getting colder 和 I heard him singing 中,watching,getting 和 singing 是现在分词。
- InEnglish, thepresentcontinuoustenseisformedfrom theauxiliary'be' and thepresentparticiple.
- In thesentence'Someone iswatchingyou.', 'watching' is thepresentparticiple.
Linguistics: verb forms, tenses & types of verbs
- accusative
- art
- bare infinitive
- bent
- continuous
- infinitive
- non-progressive
- participle
- passive
- passivization
- pluperfect
- present
- progressive
- subjunctive
- the active voice
- the first person
- the future perfect
- the past continuous
- the present continuous
- the third person