No smoking!
No parking!
No tresspassing!
No loitering!
I like to love.
I like loving.
I love playing.
I love to play.
I hate hating.
I hate to hate.
I prefer loving her.
I prefer to love her.
dropout rate.
1: ACTIVE PRESENT
PARTICIPLES used like adjectives
or adverbs, have similar meanings
to active verbs
Falling leaves=leaves that fall
A meat-eating animal=an animal
that eats meat)
She walked out smiling.=She was
smiling.
INTERESTED AND
INTERESTING
Amusing-amused/exciting-excited/
Annoying-annoyed/frighteningfrightened/boring-bored/disappointingdisappointed/pleasingpleased/embarrassing/embarrassed/surp
rising/surprised/confusing/confused/.
For me the situation was embarrassing,
but Bbe Baba wasnt in the least
embarrassed. I was really interested in
the lesson, although my brainless friend
thought, it wasnt interesting at all.
Participles used as
adjectives can have
objects.
RECOVERED/CAMPED/STOPPED/FINI
SHED/GONE/ are used this way after
BE, but not usually before nouns.
Why are all those cars stopped at the
crossroads? (Not a stopped car!!)
I hope youre fully recovered from your
operation.
Were camped in the field across the
stream.
Ill be finished in a few minutes.
Those days are gone.
Adverbs of manner
Going to the pub, I met my
common sense, so I went back
home.
Pubi, wanting to impress his new
girlfriend, did his room.
Seeing that she was rather
depressed, I tried to cheer her up.
(adverbial clause of reason)