W. They differ, too, in their endings: the active participles end in ing and the passive in ed. P. This is generally the case; but there are participles with other endings; thus "The cup is broken," "The broken cup." I will, however, make the rule for you. DEFINITION.-There are certain parts of a verb which participate in the nature of the verb and of the adjective, and are therefore called PARTICIPLES; they generally end in ing or ed. EXAMPLES.-The girl is loving. The loving girl. The lion is roaring. The roaring lion. The ass is despised. The poor despised ass. The prisoner is condemned. The condemned prisoner. L. Before you make the! Parsing Exercise, papa, will you let me mention something? I notice that each participle is used with the auxiliary verb is; and when it is thus joined to the auxiliary it makes what we called a COMPOUND VERB in one of our lessons. P. True; so you may say that a compound verb consists of an auxiliary verb and a participle; thus you see another use of the participle. You must. remember, however, that the participle is often used by itself as a verb, without any auxiliary; thus Here comes James-running quickly. I see a cat eating some cheese. No. 25. PARSING EXERCISE. I see the babe sleeping. Sing to the sleeping babe! The weeping mother. Here comes the mother weeping. I may go home rejoicing. I feel delighted. I am going to make hay, for it is a pleasing occupation. So I am pleased. Walking through the street I saw a white horse. I bought him a book bound in morocco. That man, so admired for his courage, and respected for his honesty, was neglected by his countrymen. He prayeth best who 261 loveth best....... 128 Pause not to dream.. 68 Here lies an old sol- 59 Restless forms of qui- "He will not come," 339 207 342 Scorn not the slight- The melancholy days are come and wise... 277 308 288 361 176 ............ 215 Ditto, ditto ............ 237 Ditto, ditto 256 The moments fly, a 92 108 make request......... 378 of the old oak tree 368 ... |