Presente Participle

PRESENTE PARTICIPLE
El "present participle" de la mayora de los verbos sigue la estructura:

raz del verbo + -ing.
Se usa de muy diversas maneras.
1. EL "PRESENT PARTICIPLE" EN LAS FORMAS PROGRESIVAS DEL VERBO
EJEMPLOS
I am working.
He was singing.
They have been walking.
We will be staying.
She would have been expecting me.
2. EL "PRESENT PARTICIPLE" TRAS VERBOS DE MOVIMIENTO Y POSICIN

Esta construccin es particularmente til con el verbo "to go".
EJEMPLOS
She went shopping.
I go running every morning.
He lay looking up at the clouds.
She came running towards me.
3. EL "PRESENT PARTICIPLE" TRAS VERBOS DE PERCEPCIN

En este uso, la estructura es la siguiente:
verbo + objeto + "present participle"
Cuando estas oraciones contienen un infinitivo sin "to" en lugar de un
participio, el significado vara. El infinitivo se refiere a una accin terminada,
mientras que el "present participle" implica una accin en progreso.
EJEMPLOS
I heard someone singing.
He saw his friend walking along the road.
I can smell something burning!
I watched the birds flying away.
4. EL "PRESENT PARTICIPLE" COMO ADJETIVO

EJEMPLOS
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.
5. EL "PRESENT PARTICIPLE" CON LOS VERBOS "SPEND" Y "WASTE"

Con estos verbos, la construccin sera:
verbo + expresin de tiempo o dinero + "present participle".
EJEMPLOS
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.
6. EL "PRESENT PARTICIPLE" CON LOS VERBOS "CATCH" Y "FIND"

La construccin con estos verbos sigue la estructura:
verbo + objeto + "present participle".
En el caso de "catch", el participio siempre hace referencia a una accin que

genera molestia o enfado, a diferencia de lo que ocurre con "find", que no
conlleva carga emocional.
EXAMPLES
If I catch you stealing my apples again, there'll be trouble!
Don't let him catch you reading his letters.
I caught him going through my bag.
We found some money lying on the ground.
They found their mother sitting in the garden.
7. EL "PRESENT PARTICIPLE" PARA DOS ACCIONES SIMULTNEAS

Cuando dos acciones ocurren al mismo tiempo y son realizadas por el mismo
sujeto (persona o cosa), podemos emplear un "present participle" para
describir una de ellas. Cuando una de las acciones sucede muy poco despus
de otra realizada por el mismo sujeto, podemos expresar la primera mediante
el "present participle".
EJEMPLOS
Whistling to himself, he walked down the road. = He whistled to himself

as he walked down the road.
They went laughing out into the snow. = They laughed as they went out
into the snow.
Dropping the gun, she put her hands in the air. = She dropped the gun
and put her hands in the air.
Putting on his coat, he left the house. = He put on his coat and left the
house.
EL "PRESENT PARTICIPLE" PARA EXPLICAR MOTIVOS

El "present participle" puede utilizarse en lugar de una frase introducida
por "as", "since" o "because". En este uso la frase de participio explica la causa
o la razn de una accin.
EJEMPLOS
Feeling hungry, he went into the kitchen and opened the fridge.
Being poor, he didn't spend much on clothes.
Knowing that his mother was coming, he cleaned the flat.
He whispered, thinking his brother was still asleep.
PAST PARTICIPLES
What is a past participle?
Un pasado participio indica la accin o el tiempo pasado o completado. A
menudo se llama la forma 'ed', ya que se forma aadiendo o d ed, a la forma
de base de los verbos regulares, sin embargo, tambin se forma en varias otras
formas de los verbos irregulares.It can be used to form a verb phrase as part of
the present perfect tense.
For example:I have learnt English. (Learnt is part of the verb phrase 'have learnt')
It can be used to form the passive voice.
For example:Her hair was well brushed.
It can also be used as an adjective.
For example:As an adjective: He had a broken arm. (Broken is used here as an adjective.)
Here is a comprehensive list of irregular verbs.

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PRESENTE PARTICIPLE

El "present participle" de la mayora de los verbos sigue la estructura:

They have been walking.

She would have been expecting me.

2. EL "PRESENT PARTICIPLE" TRAS VERBOS DE MOVIMIENTO Y POSICIN

She went shopping.

I go running every morning.

He lay looking up at the clouds.

She came running towards me.

3. EL "PRESENT PARTICIPLE" TRAS VERBOS DE PERCEPCIN

I heard someone singing.

He saw his friend walking along the road.

I can smell something burning!

I watched the birds flying away.

4. EL "PRESENT PARTICIPLE" COMO ADJETIVO

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.

5. EL "PRESENT PARTICIPLE" CON LOS VERBOS "SPEND" Y "WASTE"

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.

6. EL "PRESENT PARTICIPLE" CON LOS VERBOS "CATCH" Y "FIND"

En el caso de "catch", el participio siempre hace referencia a una accin que

If I catch you stealing my apples again, there'll be trouble!

Don't let him catch you reading his letters.

I caught him going through my bag.

We found some money lying on the ground.

They found their mother sitting in the garden.

7. EL "PRESENT PARTICIPLE" PARA DOS ACCIONES SIMULTNEAS

Whistling to himself, he walked down the road. = He whistled to himself

EL "PRESENT PARTICIPLE" PARA EXPLICAR MOTIVOS

Being poor, he didn't spend much on clothes.

Knowing that his mother was coming, he cleaned the flat.

He whispered, thinking his brother was still asleep.

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