The participles are used to form compound verb forms. The present participle in progressive and the past participle in perfect and passive forms.
Examples
He is studying English.
You’ve done your job well.
It was a pleasure to have met you.
You’ve done your job well.
It was a pleasure to have met you.
Present and past participles may be used to shorten a clause.
When they express either an action simultaneous with the finite verb of the sentence, or an action preceding it.
