Example of Participles In English (Participles)

A participle is a verb form used as adjective.

Verb forms that work as adjectives, adverbs, and nouns are called verbals. participle it is a verbal type. The participles they can be verbs or adjectives.

A verb have a present participle and a past participle.
The present participle It is formed by adding the suffix -ing to the verb. And the past participle is generally formed by adding the suffix -ed or -d to the verb.

The participles they can be used in two ways. A participle it is generally used with a helper verb in a verb phrase. In such a sentence, the participle is the main verb.

• Several athletes are running in the marathon. They have trained for many months.

A participle it can also act as an adjective in a sentence. You can modify a noun or pronoun

• The marathon is an ancient running event. The trained racers began the long ordeal.

A participle It can be before or after the noun or pronoun that it modifies

• The racing marathoners run over twenty-six miles.
• The athletes running are in excellent condition.

Some sentences contain compound participles

• The panting and sweating marathoners ran by us.