Recognizing Participle Forms
Directions: The following paragraph is based on a newspaper article. It contains a number of present and
past participles. Complete the list of seven participles and underline the best description of how they are
used by the writer. The first is completed for you.
A computer expert charged with hacking for the Chinese army, Hu Feng, is a selfdescribed outsider. Known to the online community as UglyGorilla, Hu wrote a profile of
himself as a man having little ambition but wanting to travel the world. Another accused
hacker, Zhou Peng, raised in a rich family, considered himself a noble patriot like former
Premier Mao Zhedong. The U.S. Justice Department yesterday charged Hu, Zhou, and
others with pilfering data from the computers of American firms doing business in
China. They supposedly wanted to steal business secrets prized by Chinese companies
competing with the Americans.
1. Participle
charged
This participle is used as a/an:
gerund
passive verb
_
present/past perfect verb
participle phrase
2. Participle __________________________________________________________________________
This participle is used as a/an:
gerund
passive verb
present/past perfect verb
participle phrase
3. Participle __________________________________________________________________________
This participle is used as a/an:
gerund
passive verb
present/past perfect verb
participle phrase
4. Participle __________________________________________________________________________
This participle is used as a/an:
gerund
passive verb
present/past perfect verb
participle phrase
5. Participle __________________________________________________________________________
This participle is used as a/an:
gerund
passive verb
present/past perfect verb
participle phrase
6. Participle __________________________________________________________________________
This participle is used as a/an:
gerund
passive verb
present/past perfect verb
participle phrase
7. Participle __________________________________________________________________________
This participle is used as a/an:
gerund
By Shelly Hedstrom
passive verb
present/past perfect verb
participle phrase
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