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.
I'm trying to decide between A and C, but I believe it is C.
Answer:
Yes I have persevered in order to achieve a goal. When I was bad at tennis, I played for 6 hours every day for 3 months and now I am a nationally recognized player. I have witnessed my friends persevere and practice before they go to a competition. I have given up on inventing a product, but instead I sold my idea for $150,000.
Explanation:
I appreciate a capitalist system which allows the market to compete unencumbered, with few restraints. However, when individuals or organizations are able to dictate with life-threatening decisions based on money and not humanity, then I call for a revolt. The pleasures of love and life, a marriage bound by sacred vows, surely these things possess a value which far outweigh the interests of someone who is unwilling to part with their commodity. If there is no room for compromise from the pharmaceutical industry for delayed payments or payments with interest over time, then I say steal the drug.
