Questions Based on Participles

 A. Questions Based on Participles

Pick out the noun or pronoun qualified by the Participle (or Verbal adjective) in each of the following sentences:-

1. A man-eating tiger must be shot at once.

        Participle.   Noun

2. The returned soldier was received gladly                              !            !       by his parents.
           Participle  Noun

3. The enemy, beaten at every point, fled                                !             !       from the field.
             Noun Participle.

4. Being tired of work, the men went home.
     Participle                         Noun

5. A fighting horse gives much trouble to its                       !              !                    master.
     Participle Noun

B. Some distinct questions based on                     Participles.

1. Weather  permitting, we shall go for a                          !                   !                    walk.
  Nominative Participle
  Absolute

Here the Participle permitting has been used absolutely with a Noun or Pronoun going before it.

The Noun or Pronoun going before the Participle is said to be absolute because it is neither the Subject nor the Object to any Finite Verb, but stands alone with the Participle. The Noun or Pronoun so used is called the Nominative Absolute.

2. Considering his age, he plays well.

    Participle (Preposition)

When no Noun or Pronoun is placed before a Participle used absolutely, the Participle is practically a Preposition. Such a Participle is sometimes called an Impersonal Absolute.

3. We saw the storm approaching.
                         Object Participle (Objective                                                        Complement)

4. The children became alarmed.
            Subject                 Participle                                                 (Subjective Complement)