THE PRESENT PARTICIPLE AS AN ADJECTIVE EXAMPLES It was an amazing film.Dark billowing clouds often precede a storm.He was trapped inside the burning house.Many of his paintings show the setting sun. THE PRESENT PARTICIPLE WITH THE VERBS SPEND AND WASTE The pattern with these verbs is verb + time/money expression + present participle. EXAMPLES My boss spends two hours a day travelling to work.Don't waste time playing computer games!They've spent the whole day shopping.I wasted money buying this game. THE PRESENT PARTICIPLE WITH THE VERBS CATCH AND FIND The pattern with these verbs is verb + object + present participle. With catch, the participle always refers to an action which causes annoyance or anger. This is not the case with find, which is unemotional.

THE PRESENT PARTICIPLE AFTER VERBS OF MOVEMENT & POSITION This construction is particularly useful with the verb to go. EXAMPLES She went shopping.I go running every morning.He lay looking up at the clouds.She came running towards me. THE PRESENT PARTICIPLE AFTER VERBS OF PERCEPTION The pattern for this usage is verb + object + present participle. There is a difference in meaning when such a sentence contains a zero infinitive rather than a participle. The infinitive refers to a complete action while the present participle refers to an ongoing action. EXAMPLES

The present participle of most verbs has the form base+ing. It is used in many different ways. THE PRESENT PARTICIPLE AS PART OF THE CONTINUOUS FORM OF A VERB EXAMPLES I am working

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