Present participle

The present participle is a participle that ends in ing. It can be used with the auxilliary verb 'to be' to form the continuous tense.

It always takes the ‘ing’ form of the verb, even irregular verbs have an ‘...ing’ form, in fact virtually all English words that end with ‘ing’ are present participles.

For example:

• I am learning English.
• We were running through the woods.
• She is talking with me.