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C3A5a
Participle
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Participles are present or past participle verb
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forms that function as adjectives.
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Present participle:
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I saw the
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opening
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performance.
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(adjective)
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Present participle:
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I saw her
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running
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toward the house.
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(adjective)
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Past participle:
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He was proud of the
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completed
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project.
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(adjective)
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Past participle:
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He repaired the
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broken
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hinge.
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(adjective)
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Be aware that there can be some confusion when
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using the term
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participle
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. In its broadest sense, a
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participle is any word ending in the suffix
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-ing
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. In its
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narrowest sense, a participle is a verb form (which
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may or may not end in
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-ing
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) that functions as an
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adjective. The term
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participle
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is also used to refer to
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the verb forms used in the present and past
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progressive tenses. (See
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Verb Parts
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C3A4a.htf
for more on the
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present and past participle forms of verbs.)
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See
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Terminal Participles
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C4A3c.htf
for more on participles.
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