PRESENT PARTICIPLE CLAUSES

Present participle
:
washing a rti c i p l e :
Past p
washed

n t pa s s i ve .
Prese
Bei ng w a s h e d
 Uses:
• To replace a time clause (when, while, after, etc. + subject + verb)
e.g.
Looking through the things in my closet, I came across some old
photographs.
(While I was looking through the things in my closet, ……)

• To replace a clause of reason (because, as, since + subject + verb)

e.g.
Feeling extremelly tired, I decided to go to bed.
(Because I felt extremelly tired, I………)

• To replace a relative clause in the ACTIVE VOICE

e.g.
The girl talking to Moises is my niece.