a phrase that qualifies a noun, e.g. The girl with the red hair is my sister.
Glossary
present participle
Subject:
- English First Additional Language
- English Home Language
a participle that ends in -ing, e.g. swimming, running. Present participles can be used in the following ways:
As a gerund (noun), e.g. I like swimming.
- Running is my favourite sport.
- As an adjective, e.g. The swimming team arrived. The running group assembled.
- With an auxiliary verb, to form a finite verb, e.g. He was swimming. I am running.