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Participle I  (present participle) 
 
verb + ing:  going, speaking etc. 
 
go    speak    walk 
run   sleep      do 
+ ing 
= 
going    speaking    walking 
running    sleeping    doing 
 
Present participle is used in verb phrases to form tenses: 

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• Tom isn’t working today. 
• “What were you doing at 11.30?”  “I was watching television.”  
 
Present participle can be an adjective: 
• The man walking down the street seems tired. 
• This man is one of the leading scholars of our Academy. 
• Running water is pure.   
 
Participle phrases can include a subject  and adverbs: 
• We left him sleeping. 
• We watched him running. 
• We watched his running. 
• Finding the course too difficult, Penny decided to drop it. 
• Lending Doris the book, Joe told her she could keep it for a 
week. 
• Hearing the news, I ran to tell it to my friend. 
• Knowing the subject very well, the student was not afraid of the 
coming exam. 
 
Compare: 
• While translating difficult texts we’ll use a dictionary. 
• While translating difficult texts we used a dictionary. 
• While translating difficult texts we use a dictionary. 
• (When or while) Going home I met one of my friends. 
• When crossing the street, first look to the left. 
• The man driving a car is an inspector.