englisch:participles-relative-clauses
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Participle constructions instead of relative clauses
There are two different participle forms in English and they are used in various [verschieden] constructinos
- the present participle: it is formed by adding “-ing” to the end of the verb (e.g. talking, listening, writing)
- the past participle: it is formed by adding “-ed” to the end of the verb, it is the “3rd verb form” of any verb (e.g. talked, listened, written)
Both participles are part of various other grammar constructions, e.g.
- the present participle
- is part of the progressive form (I am walking)
- can be used to make an (active) adjective from a verb (the winning team)
- can be used as a gerund (Walking is good for you)
- the past participle
- is part of the perfect verb forms – present perfect and past perfect (I have walked, I had walked)
- can be used to make a (passive) adjective from a verb (the defeated team)
On this page, you can learn another common [verbreitet] use of participles: They can be used to replace [ersetzen] relative clauses.
In general [allgemein gesprochen], the present participle often has an active meaning and the past participle often has a passive meaning.
Participles to replace relative clauses
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