Present Participle
Ø I am feeling a little disoriented.
Ø Two grown men are riding on horse.
Ø She is always joking like a clown or a joker this one.
Ø I am begging you; please give me some of your food!
Ø She is sleeping peacefully now that she took her medication.
A present participle tense is formed by adding a suffix -ing to the verb
Past participle
Ø She smoked cigarettes she found in her mother's purse.
Ø We have stolen mom's makeup kit from her bedroom.
Ø I have talked with my sister on the phone sometime in the past.
Ø He hit my dog with his ugly ball.
Ø You could have frozen to dead because of your stubbornness.
The past participle is a verb formed either by adding a suffix -ed to another verb such as had, was have etc.
Why did you join the club?
she knew that.
biology is the study of life.
is the concert Friday or Saturday?
Stop that immediately!
when are you stopping by again?
the forecast is for rain all afternoon.
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What would be the question exactly?
Answer:
If I were a bird, I would like to be one of the small species, cute and beautiful.
I would love to be a tiny maina who is beautiful, tiny and above all, it is a bird that man can keep as a pet. I would love to stay with men, study their ways and enjoy their company. This I would be able to do with men as, God has given the maina a power of speech just like men. It talks like a human being, has a sweet voice and, above all also has a great capacity to learn whatever it is taught.If I were to be a bird, I would like my life to be a beautiful blend of freedom of flying in the high skies and the love and care given by man. I see advantages in both and find it difficult to make a choice.
My ambition as a bird would be able to fly high as high can be, like any other bird. This would give me an insight into what all exists in the atmosphere. I would also be able to assess first hand, the life of birds as a community, the advantages and the disadvantages they live with. I would share my experiences with my kin and understand the difficult ways of life. I would attain knowledge of lives of birds big and small as I would move with them and conversing with them while flying high in the air, or sitting on trees with my other colleagues.
Though I would love all this, at the same time I would love to become a pet in a nice family. This family would keep me closed in a cage lest I fly off. Here, in the family I would learn to be controlled and restricted. It would be no doubt a punishment of sorts to be tied down in a cage but I feel so happy imagining the love and care I would get from each member of the family that would adopt me.
Here, at home, I would be served food in a platter, water in a dish in a right royal style. Aha! what a life that could be for me. Hunting for food and being frightened of bigger birds attacking me would not be a care for me. I would be a loved one of many – what a wonderful feeling it gives.
