Question

Pick out the participle in each of the following sentences and tell whether it is is a present or past participle :
1. Being occupied with important matters he had no leisure to see us .
2. Lessons learned easily are soon forgotten .
3. Seeing the sunshine , I threw open the door .
4. The fat of the body is fuel laid away for use .
5. Seizing him by the arm , his friend led him away

Answer 1

Answer:

1. Being occupied - Present Participle, qualifying the pronoun he’.

2. Learned - Past Participle, qualifying the noun ‘lessons’.

3. Seeing - Present Participle, governing the noun ‘sunshine’ and qualifying the pronoun ‘I’.

4. Laid - Past Participle, qualifying the noun ‘fuel’.

5. Seizing - Present Participle, governing the pronoun ‘him’ and qualifying the noun ‘friend’.

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Answer 2

Answer:

laid

Explanation:

it qualifies the noun 'fuel'