Participle Adjectives for intermediate learners
Participle adjectives are the same form as participles with the same characteristics with adjectives.
What Are Participle Adjectives?
Participle adjectives are adjectives that are formed from the participle form of a verb and modify nouns or pronouns.
Participle Adjectives: Types
There are two types of participle adjectives:
- Verb + '-ed' (present participles)
- Verb + '-ing' (past participles)
Here are a few examples:
The book is
He was
Present Participle
The present participle is formed by adding '-ing' to the base form of the verb. Here are a few examples:
You are
The play was
Past Participle
Past participles are formed by adding an '-ed' to the base form of the verb. Look at some examples:
I was
He is
Review
Participles can be used to show the cause and effect of feelings between people or things. They are categorized into two groups:
- Past participle
- Present participle
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