Download - Eng8 participles
•a rooster’s hurried crowing•a frightened dog•The faint, echoing chant• into waiting heart
•a rooster’s hurried crowing
•a frightened dog
• the faint, echoing chant
• into waiting heart
PARTICIPLE
> verb forms used as adjectives
PARTICIPLES• are verb forms used as adjectives. These may have the form of either the present participle or the past participle.
• comes before the word it modifies
Present Participle-ends in -ing
Past Participle-ends in -en, -d, -ed, etc.
Examples• written message• dripping clothes• bent twig• glowing sky• lighted candle• towering buildings• falling star• given data • growing plants
verb•She is growing fast.
participle•The growing pain in her stomach indicated hunger
verb
•The message was written on pink paper.
participle•Each one gave a written message.
verb•The mirror was broken yesterday.
participle•She picked up the broken mirror.