Learn how to use present and past participles as adjectives
Change the verbs into the right participle
How has your city changed?
English Language
Level B1 Lesson 12
REVIEW
Conditional perfects:
Make the sentences future perfect
“I will have “They would have
(learn) English by next year” (drive) home by now”
Tell the teacher what you would have learnt at the end of this class
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Level B1 Lesson 12
GRAMMAR
Title? Participles as adjectives Adjectives with -ed or -ing endings are known as PARTICIPIAL ADJECTIVES, because they have the same endings as verb participles. There are two Types, the past –ed, and present forms -ing:
EG:-
Interested Interesting Entertained Entertaining
Bored Boring Annoyed Annoying
Like normal verbs participle adjectives also have irregular forms.
English Language
Level B1 Lesson 12
GRAMMAR
Title? Present participle adjectives serve as the cause of feelings or emotions And are formed from active verbs (ing):
EG: She was entertaining the family (active verb) She was entertaining (Present participle adj) You can tell if it is a present participle adjective by changing the sentence to include an extra auxiliary verb:-
She IS Entertaining
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Level B1 Lesson 12
EXERCISE
Use present participle adjectives:-
The movie was very Reading books is very Working all day is The movie was very
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Level B1 Lesson 12
(amuse)” (relax)” (exhausted)” (frightened)”
GRAMMAR
Title? Past participle adjectives serve as the receiver of feelings or emotions And are formed from passive verbs (ed):
EG: “The family was entertained by the girl” (passive verb) “The family was entertained.” (Past participle adj) You can tell if it is a present participle adjective by changing the sentence to include an extra auxiliary verb:-
“She IS Entertaining”
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Level B1 Lesson 12
EXERCISE
Use past participle adjectives:-
He was very I was The teacher was The dog
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Level B1 Lesson 12
(confuse) (embarrass) (annoy) (excite)
DIALOGUE
Title grammar with exercise Tim is taking the subway to the museum:TIM: “Hi, can I please have a ticket to the museum?” TICKET SELLER: “Sure, that will be three pounds please…” BILL: “Three pounds! It is so expensive now!” TIM: “Excuse me?” BILL: “Oh, hello, my name is Bill. I was just saying that the tickets are now so
expensive. It is shocking!” TIM: “Oh, are they? I wouldn’t know” BILL: “Many years ago, people were encouraged to get the subway because it was
cheap. Now people are just annoyed.” TIM: “Yes, they must be. What else has changed in London?”
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Level B1 Lesson 12
DIALOGUE
Title ? BILL: Well, people were interested in culture. Now only shopping is
entertaining! TIM: I know what you mean! BILL: You do? TIM: Yes. I think the museum is interesting. I am going there now. BILL: I am encouraged to hear that. More people should go. TIM: The museum is cultured. It can teach us so much! Would you like to
come with me? BILL: I am surprised you asked! That would be great. (To the ticket seller)
Can I have a ticket to the museum too please!?
English Language
Level B1 Lesson 12
EXERCISE
Fill in the verbs in the right participle forms:
I felt
(excite) I was going to the museum.
The ticket prices were I felt He was My wife’s
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(shock)!
(sad) no one liked the museum anymore. (surprise) that I asked. (shop) was boring
Level B1 Lesson 12
EXERCISE
Sometimes the present and past participle can act as an adjective
Using ‘ING’ – the noun is the performer of the activity the participle is describing EG: It is a barking dog It is a frightening dog Using ‘ED/EN” – the noun is the receiver of the action EG: The dog barked The dog frightened the cat English Language
Level B1 Lesson 12
EXERCISE
Using these words, create participle adjectives:-
The children were It was an It is a
amuse
amuse Bore
The students are
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by the story.
story.
class. Bore
by the class.
Level B1 Lesson 12
EXERCISE
We can make compound adjectives by making the verbs take a direct object:
I have a dog that eats ham
I have a ham-eating dog
His hair is short
He is a short-haired man
Now create some of your own…
I am learning English He writes with his left hand He has a very narrow mind
English Language
Level B1 Lesson 12
EXERCISE
Discuss with your teacher any major changes that have taken place in your city in the past 10 years.
What are they? How have they changed the feel of your city? In the past 10 years my city have become more
EG: interesting because….
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Level B1 Lesson 12
OBJECTIVES REACHED
Learn how to use present and past participles As adjectives Change verbs into the right participle How has your city changed?
That was entertaining! I hope you were entertained too! English Language