Participle

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Participle
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A participle is a verbal that is used as an
adjective and most often ends in -ing or -ed.
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There are two types of participles present
participles and past participles.
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Present participles end in -ing.
crying
smiling
burning
Past participles end in -ed or V3
seen
eaten
asked
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Participles are used with the auxiliary verbs
be and have to make progressive, perfect and
passive verb forms
It was raining when I got home. I've forgotten
your name. You'll be told as soon as possible.
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Participles can be used like adjectives
I love the noise of falling rain. She says she's
got a broken heart. John has become very boring.

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Sometimes participles are used like adverbs
She ran screaming out of the room.
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Participles can combine with other words into
clause-like structures
Who's the fat man sitting in the corner? Having
lost all my money, I went home. Most of the
people invited to the party didn't turn up.