The Present participle & the past participle T: Look at the 2 sentences on the blackboard. This is a moving story. The boy is deeply moved by the story. Can you tell the difference between “moving & “moved ? S: Yes. The present participle “moving expresses an action that happens around the same time as the main verb with an active meaning while the past participle “moved expresses an action that is completed with an passive meaning. Am I right? T: Yes, quite right? Please open your books at Page 78. Look at Ex. 2. Read the sentences and fill in the blanks with the proper forms of the words. Step 2: Grammar - Ellipsis T: Look at the 2 sentences on the blackboard. Upon arrival, my uncle hugged Pompy and (?) tried to give him courage. Then came a smell of sulphur, and then (?) flames. Read them and decide which words were left out at each place of the question marks. S: I think in the 1st sentence the subject “he or my uncle was left out. S: In the 2nd sentence I think “came should be at the place of the question mark. T: You are right. In modern English there is a tendency to omit or leave out some words in a sentence for the sake of conciseness. The omission is called “Ellipsis , and a sentence containing such an elliptical sentence. A word or words in a sentence can be omitted only on condition that the omission would not cause the sentence to be understood in more than one way to be unclear meaning or wrong. We must keep in mind that we should not omit words necessary for clearness. Are you clear about that? Now I’d like to some more about “Ellipsis . 【查看更多】
