participles
Verbs acting adjectivally
Participles are verb forms that function as adjectives or combine with auxiliary verbs to form tenses.
English has two types: present participles ending in -ing (running water, a boring lecture) and past participles typically ending in -ed or -en (broken glass, a locked door).
They appear in compound tenses: She is running, He has spoken.
A dangling participle occurs when the implied subject doesn't match the sentence's actual subject: Walking down the street, the trees looked beautiful wrongly suggests the trees were walking.
Inflected action words
- tenseStrained or nervous
- aspectFeature or dimension
- auxiliary verbsVerbs modifying other verbs
- perfect tenseVerb form for finished actions
progressive · continuous · inflection · conjugation · morphology · misplaced modifier · gerund · verbal
Changing partially
- descriptivePortraying with specific details
- attributiveDirectly preceding noun modified
- broken windowDamaged transparent barrier
- running waterPlumbed household flow
fallen leaves · spoken word · written language · frozen food
- language learningGaining fluency in another tongue
- worksheetExercise page for students
- exerciseActivity for fitness
- drillHole-boring device
memorization · correction · native speaker · second language · textbook · curriculum · assessment · proficiency
Calculated language technique for effect
- styleDistinctive way of expression
- imageryVivid descriptive language
- periodic sentenceSentence delaying completion
- subordinationLower position in hierarchy
embedding · complex sentence · craft · revision · editing
verb forms
Inflected action words
- tenseStrained or nervous
- aspectFeature or dimension
- auxiliary verbsVerbs modifying other verbs
perfect tense · progressive · continuous · inflection · conjugation · morphology · misplaced modifier · gerund · verbal · syntax
modifying
Changing partially
- descriptivePortraying with specific details
- attributiveDirectly preceding noun modified
- broken windowDamaged transparent barrier
running water · fallen leaves · spoken word · written language · frozen food
grammar lesson
- language learningGaining fluency in another tongue
- worksheetExercise page for students
- exerciseActivity for fitness
drill · memorization · correction · native speaker · second language · textbook · curriculum · assessment · proficiency · syntax rules
rhetorical device
Calculated language technique for effect
- styleDistinctive way of expression
- imageryVivid descriptive language
- periodic sentenceSentence delaying completion
subordination · embedding · complex sentence · craft · revision · editing
- language learningvocabulary lists, lessons, acquisition, basic vocabulary, grammar books
- advanced grammarpassive voice, gerunds, infinitives, dependent clauses, subordination
- Ancient GreekGreek alphabet, Greek vocabulary, ancient Greek, Homer, Plato
- grammardeclension, pronouns, adjectives, conjugation, nouns
- Hungariangoulash, paprika, Budapest, Magyar, puszta
- LatinLatin, Latin vocabulary, Latin roots, Latin alphabet, Latin phrases
- present participleVerb form showing continuity
- dangling participleModifier lacking proper subject
- past participleCompleted action form