Present Participles
This is the ending added to a verb to make a present participle.
-ing
This ending is usually added to regular verbs to form a past participle.
-ed
These two endings must appear at the end of every reflexive pronoun.
-self or -selves
True or False: Intensive pronouns look exactly like reflexive pronouns.
True
This helping verb is required to form the future continuous tense.
will
In the sentence “The students are playing soccer,” the word playing is this part of speech.
present participle
In the sentence “I have fixed the bike,” the word fixed is used in this verb tense.
Present perfect
This reflexive pronoun completes the sentence: “I accidentally hurt ___.”
myself
Intensive pronouns are used for this purpose in a sentence.
Emphasis
Complete the formula: will + be + ________.
present participle
Present participles can be used this way, not just in continuous verb tenses.
adjectives
In “The painted wall looked uneven,” the word “painted” functions as this.
adjective
A reflexive pronoun is needed because the subject and this part of the sentence are the same.
object
Choose the sentence that correctly uses an intensive pronoun:
A) “She wrote herself a letter.”
B) “She herself finished the project early.”
B) “She herself finished the project early.”
Change this sentence to the future continuous tense:
“Teddy works on the grammar problems.”
Teddy will be working on the grammar problems.
Change this verb to its present participle: tie.
tying
Give the past participle for the verb frighten.
frightened
Name the reflexive pronoun that corrects this error: hisself.
himself
Name the intensive pronoun in this sentence: “The mayor himself opened the new library.”
himself
Explain the difference in meaning between:
“I will sleep when you come home”
and
“I will be sleeping when you come home.”
The future continuous means the sleeping started earlier and will continue.
Explain why the sentence “This book is interesting” uses the present participle actively.
"Interesting” describes the noun that is causing interest.
Explain why “frozen lake” uses the past participle passively.
The lake is the thing being acted upon (frozen).
Give one reason why reflexive pronouns cannot be deleted from certain sentences.
It makes the sentence incomplete or changes the meaning.
Explain how to tell the difference between a reflexive pronoun and an intensive pronoun.
Remove it—if the sentence still makes sense, it’s intensive.
Give a scenario when the simple future cannot replace the future continuous without changing the meaning.
When you need to show an action already in progress at a specific future time (e.g., “Ashley will be doing her homework at nine”).