II) Participle adjectives

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Examples

Note

Note

Adverb Whencan be replaced with pronoun whichand an appropriate preposition such as in, at or on.

The above examples can be rewritten in this way:

1. The time during whichwe make the observations must be long enough.

2. The day on whichI started the first lesson on Physics was very impressive.

3. 1642 is the year in whichNewton, Sir Isaac was born.

• Wherefollows the word place or other words referring to a place such as room or street and the two words situation and stage

Examples:

1. The place wherewe do experiment is called a laboratory.

2. The room wherelectures are given is called the lecture hall.

Adverb wherecan be replaced with pronoun whichand an appropriate preposition.

The above examples can be rewritten in this way:

1. The place in whichwe do experiment is called a laboratory.

2. The room in whichlectures are given is called the lecture hall.

b) Adverb whyfollows the noun reason

1. The reason whyyou did not succeed was because you had not well prepared for it.

2. Their conservations are the reason whythey failed.

Each English verb has two participles (Refer to Unit two) which can function as adjectives, present participle being active adjective, and past participle being passive adjective. This means, the present participle can modify noun with the function that it can tell the feature of the noun itself while the past participle tells something about the noun that comes from outside the noun.

Examples:

1. training program - the program of training

2. sounding device - the device for sounding

3. filtering paper - the paper for filtering

4. given time - the time which is given

5. measured block - the block which has been measured

6. derived units - the units which have been derived