B2 · Obere Mittelstufe Kapitel 43

Active Participles

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Mastering the four active participles (Present, Past, Frequentative Past, Future). Essential for advanced descriptions.

Tipps & Tricks (1)

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Check the gender

Always check if you are describing a man or woman before picking -ęs or -usi.
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Past Active Participle (-ęs, -usi)

Schnelle Übung (9)

Fill in the correct form.

Jis ___ (dirbti) namuose.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: dirbęs
Masculine singular.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Past Active Participle (-ęs, -usi)

Fill in the correct form.

Ji, ___ (matyti) viską, tylėjo.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: mačiusi
Feminine singular.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Past Active Participle (-ęs, -usi)

Choose the correct form.

___ (Mylėti) motina yra laiminga.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: Mylinti
Feminine nominative.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Present Active Participle (-antis, -inti)

Choose the correct form.

Jie, ___ (dirbti) visą dieną, pavargo.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: dirbę
Plural masculine.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Past Active Participle (-ęs, -usi)

Correct the sentence.

Find and fix the mistake:

Jie, dirbęs visą dieną, pavargo.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: Jie, dirbę visą dieną, pavargo
Plural agreement.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Past Active Participle (-ęs, -usi)

Correct the error.

Find and fix the mistake:

Matau bėgantis (masc nom) šunį (acc).

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: bėgantį
Must match accusative case.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Present Active Participle (-antis, -inti)

Choose the correct form.

Ji ___ (eiti) namo.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: ėjusi
Feminine singular.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Past Active Participle (-ęs, -usi)

Correct the sentence.

Find and fix the mistake:

Jis ėjusi namo.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: Jis ėjęs namo
Gender mismatch.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Past Active Participle (-ęs, -usi)

Fill in the correct participle form.

Tai yra ___ (dirbti) žmogus.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: dirbantis
Masculine nominative.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Present Active Participle (-antis, -inti)

Score: /9

Häufige Fragen (4)

Yes, but it sounds slightly more formal than using a relative clause.
It depends on the gender of the noun it modifies.
It's a verb form that describes a subject who performed an action in the past.
Take the past stem and add -ęs (masc) or -usi (fem).