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Gerund and past participle #1 (permalink) Fri Nov 04, 2005 6:00 am   Gerund and past participle
 

Test No. incompl/elem-13 "Grammar Questions", question 10

Which of these is a past participle? It is ..........

(a) believing
(b) believed
(c) believes
(d) belief

Test No. incompl/elem-13 "Grammar Questions", answer 10

Which of these is a past participle? It is believed.

Correct answer: (b) believed
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Gerund/past participle #2 (permalink) Fri Nov 04, 2005 9:59 am   Gerund/past participle
 

Hi Polona,

The gerund is sometimes called a verbal noun because it's like a verb and a noun. Here is an example:

Swimming
is good for you.

The past participle is one of the main parts of a verb:

I want to believe (infinitive) you.

He believes (Present Simple)you.

He believed (Past Simple) you.

He has believed (past participle) you.

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Gerund and past participle #3 (permalink) Sat Oct 10, 2009 2:44 am   Gerund and past participle
 

sorry I can't completely understand the meaning of ''Participle'' Could you please give more explanation?
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Gerund and past participle #4 (permalink) Sat Oct 10, 2009 8:29 am   Gerund and past participle
 

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Hi Maria,

Most verbs have two participles - present and past. The present participle is used to make a continuous tense and the past participle is used to make perfect tenses.

In this sentence you can see the present continuous: Many people are crossing the bridge today. 'Crossing' is the present participle.

In this sentence you can see the present perfect tense: Many people have crossed the bridge today. 'Crossed' is the past participle.

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