Latin A-Level
Tense and voice of participles
What Tense and voice of participles means in Latin A-Level, as defined for OCR.
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A present participle is active and describes action happening at the same time as the main verb, a perfect passive participle describes something already done to its noun, and a future active participle expresses intention.
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